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Show 1 a2miria'Lr COtotAT I'tlwS' T0u& COL!.tC!iOi lOG(SnC$ survey results reported Please see Page O LJ TOM w r if v I 10. Vol. 45 No. 48 Hill AFB, Utoh Dte. 6, 1991 Third Class 00 ALCPA Hill AFB, UT Dtr ir"(o)trg r 'At -- (9. '3 l K by TSgt. Sarah L.Hood Air 0 Serials Order Department University of Utah Libraries Salt Lake City, UT 84112 o (J 84056-599- Force News Service WASHINGTON During a time of declining budgets and shrinking forces, Air Force senior leaders have formulated a beacon to help servicemem-ber- s and their families see where the Air Force is headed. The "vision" is intended to "send out a sense of what we want to be in the future," said Air Force Secretary Donald B. Rice. "It should help remind us all of what we're striving for every day and how the particular missions and objectives that each of our organizations is working toward contributes to the larger corporate goal of the whole Air Force in- 1 stitution." The secretary, the chief of staff, the under secretary, and the Air Force four-sta- r leadership together developed words that best express their view of what the Air Force should be: "Air Force people building the world's most respected air and space force ... global power 1 N U :s y n fl fl ?y and reach for America." More than a slogan, the vision statement Air Force people building the world's most respected air and space force ...global power and reach for America. H K Hfl : ' ": 'l yjK :y 5 1 ) ' y ' r ' -- f offers a glimpse into where the Air Force plans to focus its efforts for the future, Rice said. The Air Force began its new strategic framework 18 months ago when Rice developed the Global Reach-Glo- bal Power concept, which laid out the role of the Air Force in a modern and changing world en- vironment. Global Reach-Glo- bal Power will continue to be used as a title for the force's strategic frameAir Force Rice said. But vision statement work, with the vision, it's been given "a different spin." "We're striving for a double meaning in that language," he said. "It's 'global power and reach.' And it's a 'reach for America.' " In explaining the vision statement, Rice said: " 'Air Force people' is who we are. 'Building' says we didn't just start this yesterday. We already have a good outfit; we're going to make it better. The world's most respected air and space force' says in a nutshell what we want to be all the time. 'Global power and reach' is our mission, our contribution. And 'America' is our customer, our country." The creation of the vision follows closely the Air Force's restructuring initiatives announced by the secretary and the chief of staff. The fundamental decisions on restructuring have been made, Rice said. The coming year will be a year of implementation. "And that's going to involve probably most of the people in the Air Force before it's done." On July 1 three new commands will stand up, as five existing ones dissolve. Much of the work has already been done toward that effort. 99 D Please see Future, Page 3. U S Air force Photo by Ralph leue Holiday spruce up Sgt. Chris McNamara, 388th Fighter Wing, examines a Christmas tree with his son. Michael, as Mike Kohler holds up another tree. Kohler is a member of Boy Scout Troop 55, sponsored by Hill AFB. The troop will sell trees from p.m. Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Saturdays and noon-- p.m. Sundays at Centennial Park until the trees are gone. 3-- 8 5 McPeak says global power, reach is tomorrow's AF role by TSgt. Sarah L. Hood Air Force News Service WASHINGTON When the Air Force decided a major overhaul was needed to streamline operations from top to bottom, senior leaders also agreed that a blueprint, a vision, was necessary to guide the Air Force through and well beyond the challenges of this decade, Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill A. McPeak said. "Vision is an important concept," McPeak said. "A vision ought to be a picture of what we want to be, where we want the organization to go, what direction we want to take it." From a meeting last month to review strengths and weaknesses of the Air Force, the top ranking general officers and Secretary Donald B. Rice emerged with the vision statement for the Air Force: 'Air Force people building the world's most respected air and space force ... global power and reach for America." Breaking the vision statement down into distinct parts, McPeak said it "identifies who we are Air Force people what our product is global power and reach and who our customer is America. "The vision says we are building. We're not starting from scratch," McPeak said. "We're already the world's best Air Force. We're building on the shoulders of the many talented and capable people who came before us. We're building on top of a wonderful Air Force heritage. "Finally, this vision statement says what we want B Please see McPeak, Page 3. 3 tnm onclr 9 s mini! o Positive changes in the wind : 'Q Models awarded 388th pilots honored hcadsUp Reservist news issue Insert |