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Varner of the 6514th Test Squadron has been selected the Outstanding Senior Aircraft Maintenance Manager of the Year for Air Force Systems Command (AF-SC- mm HI 0 e 17. 1978 y,- MAJOR VARNER WAS CITED for "outstanding professional skill, dedication to duty, and untiring efforts" d for the maintenance resulting "in a complete a from previously unsatisfactorily rated operation to complex an organized, highly efficient, viable maintenance structure with an unmistakenly vast increase in capability and mission accomplishment." 4" turn-aroun- '' ' ' His efforts resulted in improvements in maintenance systems, programs, procedures, practices and efficiency. y Revamped job control HE WAS RECOGNIZED for his complex revamping' of the job control function the heart of the maintenance complex in terms of worker attitude, morale and operating efficiency. He selected a top senior NCO supervisor to manage the reorganization and set up a system of rotating job controllers and flightline expeditors through each other's positions to increase knowledge of and communication between both aspects of the function. 3' Ala. Gen. John J. Murphy Ogden ALC Commander (U.S. Air Force Photo by George Whetton) if Maj. Gen. John J. Murphy, newly assigned as commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, arrived at Hill AFB this week. General Murphy previously served as vice commander of the Strategic Air Command's Eighth Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La. The general has worked closely with the Ogden ALC and has been a visitor to the center during previous assignments. staff for logistics at SAC headquarters, he was thoroughly familiar with the Minuteman missile support program here. As deputy chief of "I have been a satisfied customer of the Ogden Air Logistics Center and now I have the responsibility of satisfying the customer," the general said Wednesday when he held his first Commander's Call. "You are the people that the operational commands depend on for their life blood. Remember, it is our job to support. No one can accomplish their missions without that support," he continued. "We have the challenge in the days and years ahead to continue to provide the support needed by the operational commands and to do if with less. I am sure that we at Ogden ALC will meet any challenge more than he said. half-way- ," Beta Loop General Murpfiy's philosophy regarding communications between command and the workforce "is that neither horizontal nor vertical communications are as effective as the communications system he describes as the "Beta Loop" explaining that he means a "closed circuit" that provides a steady input interchanged among all levels. Major Varner met the required reduction of staff members to less than 30 by appointing highly qualified, aggressive and talented individuals to increase productivity and to return sorely needed manning slots to an overworked aircraft maintenance production activity. HE DEVELOPED the computerized Maintenance Management Information and Control System by convincing senior supervisors of the great wealth of information available to them by directing the proper input and format into the system. A follow-u- p review of the program proclaimed it outstanding in every respect. Increased base support Major Varner also increased base support by revitalizing the support agreement. He saved about $60,000 annually by increased use of personnel and facilities, rather than contracting out. and improved morale and team spirit Maintenance Calls and a Newcomers' through Counselling and Orientation Program. host-bas- e in-hou- se The general will be visible on base, desiring to acquaint himself with particular workloads or problems by utilizing a "hands-on- , approach as much as possible. face-to-fac- e" General Murphy is keenly interested in "all people programs" and stresses the importance that people as individuals should be encouraged to contribute as much talent and creative Cudeavor to their jobs as they THE OVERALL SUCCESS of the maintenance program is best illustrated by dramatic improvements in several key indicators from 1977 to 1978: Monthly Sortie Rate (C-13- 0) from 17.1 to 51.3 possess. Monthly Sortie Rate (Helicopters) from 15.4 to General Murphy is a cum laude graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University wliere he received a bachelor of science degree in general business and accounting in 1964. He holds an M.S. degree in international affairs from George Washington University where he was graduated in 1970. He is also a graduate of the National War College, Abort Rate from 5.4 to 2.6 Washington, D.C. (Continued on page The HiSl Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of personnel at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force Logistics Command. It is published by MorMcdia Sales, Inc., 1150 West Riverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 84403, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers 36.7 Cannibalization Rate from 25.0 to 5.4 Unmanned Aircraft Deviation Rate from 1.3 to 0.5 Major Varner's previous awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal. 16 are their own and are not to be considered an official expression hv the Department of the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements, including supplements and inserts, in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Depamnent of the Air Force of products or services advertised. |