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Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Materiel Command

Brig Gen Erv Lessel

Deputy DirectorPlans and Programs

HQ AFMC

3 Mar 04

Brig Gen Erv Lessel

Deputy DirectorPlans and Programs

HQ AFMC

3 Mar 04

AF Core Competencies

• Developing Airmen• Integrating Operations• Technology-to-Warfighting

– Airmen equipped with new capabilities, developed and delivered by other Airmen

– Transforming technology-to-warfighting systems– Key to integrating operations– Upgrade existing systems and develop future

capabilities– Retain and invest in the Airmen who conceptualize,

acquire, test, deliver and sustain these new and innovative technologies

AFMC Mission Statement

Deliver war-winning…

Technology

Acquisition Support

Sustainment

…expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter

AFMC Organization

• Headquarters AFMC (Wright-Patterson AFB)• Air Force Research Laboratory (Wright-Patterson AFB)

– Rome Site, NY; Hanscom AFB; Arlington, VA; Tyndall AFB; Eglin AFB; Brooks City Base; Kirtland AFB; Mesa, AZ; Edwards AFB

• Test Centers– Arnold Engineering Development Center (Arnold AFB)– Air Force Flight Test Center (Edwards AFB)

• Product Centers– Aeronautical Systems Center (Wright-Patterson AFB)

• 311th Human Systems Wing (Brooks City Base)– Electronic Systems Center (Hanscom AFB)

• Standard Systems Group (Wright-Patterson AFB)• Materiel Systems Group (Gunter Annex, Maxwell AFB)

– Air Armament Center (Eglin AFB and Kirtland AFB)• Air Force Security Assistance Center (Wright-Patterson AFB)• Air Logistics Centers

– Ogden ALC (Hill AFB)– Oklahoma City ALC (Tinker AFB)– Warner Robins ALC (Robins AFB)

• Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (Davis-Monthan AFB)• United States Air Force Museum

AFMC Top Priorities

• Revised Program Executive Officer (PEO) Structure

• Science & Technology Integration

• Depot and Supply Chain Management Implications

• Attrition-Based Planning

AFMC Top Priorities (cont)

• Goals and Standards

• Force Development and the Air Expeditionary Force

• Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Process

• Information Technology CONOPS

Implementation

• Doctrine– Principles reflecting new processes and CONOPS

• Organization– Recognizable to the Air Force– Headquarters and Centers with Wings, Groups and Squadrons

• Training and Education– Invest in technically trained and competent workforce

• Materiel– Capability based requirements– Decrease logistic cycle times and built-in sustainability

• Leadership– PEO with authority and resources– Increase credibility – sustainable warfighting capabilities…on-cost, on-time

• People– Force development and AEF capable, deployable forces– Exchange of experience (operations and logistics)

• Facilities– SRM infrastructure funding and BRAC

Personal Observations

• Highly professional acquisition and logistics force…military, civilian and contractor

• Global access and distribution• Logistics constrains operational flexibility• Aging aircraft fleet• Liaisons highly effective• Need to communicate…ACRONYMS!?• Break down the logistics “green door”• Understand operational requirements/impact• Joint/Combined is the only way to fight and win!