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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 12 JSjjAer General Merrell Evaluates AFLC Support WRIGHT- - PATTERSON "No military AFB, Ohio force is worth a darn unless it has good logistics support," begian Gen. Jack G. Merrell, AFLC commander, as he told turn about his trip to the Far East and Southeast Asia. This was Gen. Merrell's fourth trip to the area, but his first as commander of AFLC. What General Merrell noted was the changes changes a in about part large brought AFLC. of efforts the through The high regard all the command and subordinate units had for the support AFLC has given them impressed the general. According to General Merrell, "Now even with the war going on over there, they are in the best shape operationally through the support that we've given them of any other Air Force unit in the field at any other time in our history." from a east Asia.) trip to "Overseas depots have been eliminated. AFLC deals directly with the operational unit. If a base needs a particular part to an aircraft, the information is fed into a computer and within a matter of hours, by direct line to our air materiel areas (AMA's), we know exactly what part is needed, where it is needed, and it will be on the way by airlift within a few hours. "A critically needed item can reach its destination in less than three days." Other changes brought about by AFLC support are evident to General Merrell. Jobs are being completed in almost a routine manner because personnel are well equipped to accomplish their mission. The mission is accomplished faster and more accurately. A general reduction in waste helps AFLC in striving for new and better ways to do logistics support and still spend the least money possible. "We are sending to them Civilians Help General Merrell commented on another change noted in Southeast Asia. "AFLC has 140,000 people in the command. 120,000 are civilian employees. Normally, only military would be sent to a wartime theatre. However, 1,000 people on temporary duty from this command and different AMA's have been there on any one day. They are giving maint- what they really need," said General Merrell, "and they are using it efficiently and avoiding excesses which will waste in the field. "Many key civilian personnel volunteer to go to Southeast Asia and have done a fantastic job. They do work beyond the capabilities of the normal operational unit on crash and battle damaged aircraft a lot of it done under X'X ... fire." HEAVY DUTY WATCH I e ... p.nt , . year taply that LC are , w jeopardy. in area indications we' CJ t General that unications systems that we have now, efficiency will be in- creased. Real time information on the logistics stature in the Air Force can be gotten at any one minute. "Congress has passed a 10 per cent surcharge, and with that they made certain reductions in expenditures about $6 billion in the whole government and about $3 billion of that will have to be taken out of the Department of Defense. "Air Force would get roughly about a third of the reduction. We are going to have to watch everything we do. We are probably going to lose by attrition some of our civilian employees. We are trying to avoid a reduction in force and fJ$ 8u be able to take through normal at5a 1 Priorities Gen. Jack G. Merrell The current economy wave in government and its effect on operations was also commented upon by General Merrell. "The Advanced Logistics Systems Center will be our salvation. With immediate comm- Lined Merrell : :j $ j -- f TTlo i he discussed the Diver Model with X Ordinary Balanc Wheel. 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