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Show Pag 6 HILL TOP TIMES April 26, 1974 AFIC qw(oiM$y sir Greater emphasis is being placed on improving the quality of products and services that Air Force Logistics Command Force Logistics Command. Dedication to this creed is required if we are to achieve a reputation for top quality and successfully perform our mission. governments. Quality is everyone's job. It pertains not only to the materiel that we acquire, store, maintain and deliver, but to everything that we do and say. High standards-i- n executing our logistics support mission-- is our doc- (AFLC) provides to components of the Department of Defense (DOD) and Allied Gen. Jack J. Catton, AFLC commander, has stressed that AFLC must provide a higher quality and more reliable product at a reduced cost to the U.S. taxpayer. To reinforce these points, he has directed the to AFLC Quality Assurance Committee review and evaluate existing Quality Quality demands leadership. must be dynamic. value through quality Customer example can the manager convincingly demonstrate that there will be no compromise of quality. Quality is a common goal. ..a cooperative effort... an overall objective in harmony with other responsibilities. Selfish interests must be subordinate to the common goal. Teamwork is essential. improvement staff, Acquisition Logistics. Goals of the AFLC effort include standardizing the basic approach taken by the Air Logistics Centers, implementing Quality Assurance training and career management programs, establishing better relationships for Quality represents progress. consideration is being given to defect prevention. To give expression to General Catton's desires for better quality, an AFLC Quality Creed has been prepared. The Creed reads: Quality is an attitude. It is a state of mind, a reflection of how we think and act. It is a total commitment to in everything we do. It cannot be legislated nor dictated. It responds best and is most apt to endure when it is motivated by personal pride and satisfaction in a job well cost-benef- it Assurance programs and improving Quality Assurance techniques. Special Quality is a primary objective of the Air Quality is not self perpetuation. Although conformance to standards may have been realized, complacency in the form of -- self-satisfacti- compatible with quality. call Recently one of our Information Office photographers called the 1550th and made arrangements to take some photographs of their helicopters. He grabbed his camera and went to the flight line where a member of the 1550th was to meet him and escort him while he was in the area. HE arrived a little early and while waiting for the escort to arrive - decided to take some background shots of the flight line. -- As the photographer started to shoot he was observed and challenged by Sgt. Anthony Markham of the 1551st who happened to be passing by. The photographer explained the Quality reputation is an asset to be treasured. User satisfaction and reputation for quality products and services is not only vital to the well being of our nation, it is a source of deep personal pride and satisfaction to every individual in the Command. The achievement and preservation of this reputation is a real challenge. The price is total dedication to quality-t- he reward, effective performance of our vital mission-natio- nal security. of the Aerospace Team i$::S:x: 'We on can readily erase these achievements. Complacency is never ...... While patience, persistence, vigilance and judgement are attributes of effective management, only through personal requirements call for continuing change and improvement. There can be no relaxation of our effort to effect improved practices... for constant enhancement of The AFLC QA Committee is composed of directors and deputy directors on the AFLC headquarters staff. It is chaired by Brig. Gen. C.E. Buckingham, deputy chief of V Quality is a responsibility of the individual, is contagious and motivating... Therefore, we must all be quality-minded.and sincerely so, in order that the morale of our associates remains high. This is a solemn and thoughtful obligation. trine of leadership. Quality Assurance (QA) programs. done. might oe instructed by his example' situation, but Sergeant Markham was not completely satisfied and asked lor some identification. TIIK photographer handed his card to the sergeant who ID examined it carefully. This resulted in even greater concern because the card had expired in May of 1972. Sergeant Markham. committed to the idea that security is a personal responsibility shared by each of us insisted that the photographer accompany him to the Security Police. TO MAKK a long story short, the base commander happened by and was able to identify our photographer. He congratulated Sgt. Markham for his alertness and dedication and directed our "mild mannered reporter" to get his ID card updated. I also congratulate Sergeant Markham for his vigliance and suggest that we all might be instructed by his example. telephone number where anyone can anonomously report a crime that is in progress or that has been committed. THIS brings me to a related to the constantly-manne- d telephone, "Crime Stop" provides other services. One of these is assistance in marking e items with personal identification. Electronic pencils are available for loan or the "Crime Stop" people will make "house calls" to assist you in marking your program that is specifically desi'gned to foster that kind of personal involvement. It's called "Crime Stop." Like every other installation, we have our share of individuals who can't seem to distinguish between their personal property and someone else's. 'Crime Stop" provides a KVKRY individual on the base should assume a personal responsibility for reducing the incidence of crime. In addition high-valu- valuables. TIIK telephone extension -- Brig. On. J. P. ALC vice Mullins, Ogden commander Gen. G.S. Brown: Airpower was decisive' One of the major points made by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. George S. Brown in his remarks to a meeting of the Houston Rotary Club recently was the high degree to which airpower has contributed to deciding the outcome of past wars involving the United States. He said: "TOWARD the end of World War II, President Roosevelt commissioned the United States Strategic Bombing Survey. This study was conducted by a group of distinguished Americans who evaluated the effects of airpower throughout the war. "In light of the increasing prominence of nonnuciear t warfare capabilities, I would like to read to you a sentences from the European summary report of this survey. I remind you that this was nearly 30 years ago, in a completely different age of technology and strategic thinking. few-shor- r "THE REPORT states, and I quote: 'Allied airpower was decisive in the war in Western Europe. Hindsight inevitably suggests that it might have been employee differently or better in some respects. Nevertheless, it was dicisive.' "The events which concluded our participation in the war in Southeast Asia, and, more recently, the conclusions we have drawn from the war in the Middle East, would suggest that airpower is now, more than ever, a decisive factor in warfare. "BEFORE you think that I may be a victim of my own biases, let me define what I mean by airpower, I view airpower as the iastrument of national power which operates in the medium above the surface of the Earth. No matter if we're talking about aircraft or missilesor whether these systems are designed to drop bombs or deliver cargo-- of if they operate from carriers or land bases-- or any other qualification you might like to impose--a-ll are an integral part of what airpower is to me. And it is in this context that I speak of airpower's decisiveness. "Both our President and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have, in the recent past, recognized the vital effectiveness of airpower-on- ce the rules which restricted its effective employment were relaxed-- in contributing to an end to the hostilities in Southeast Asia and to the release of our prisoners. "But, perhaps the essential role of airpower can be more graphically illustrated by our conclusions from last October's war in the Middle East. . . . The effective use of airpower appears to me as the difference between destruction and survival for Israel. . , ." EDITORIAL OFFICE Office of Information. Bldg. 1102, Room 108, Ext. 7321 PHOTO CREDITS-A- 1I photos in the Hill Top rimes are from the Base Audiovisual Services Branch or other Air Force sources unless noted. 8 ADVERTISING OFFICE-MorMe- dia Sales. Inc.. 345 N. Main. Layton, or Salt 376-551- ke City. advertised in this publication must be made ADVERTISING POLICY-Everythi- ng without use or available for purchase, regard to the race, creed, color, national patronage A or or sex of the purchaser, user, patron. confirmed violation or rejection of this origin will result in the refusal to print advertising an advertiser policy of equal opportunities by from that source. I 277-633- for requesting this service is 2151. You will soon see "Crime Stop" decals around the base that point out the telephone number to be used in reporting a crime. It's the Security Police Number-3056- . I Urge you to accept the responsibility for helping reduce the tax burden we all share when government property is stolen and the individual loss that results from the theft of someone's personal property. |