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Show Air Force Mews assists with delivery of aid to Afghan children AF delivery of aid in Afghanistan. The cooperative effort was welcome, Turkmenistan officials said. The government of Turkmenistan is proud to be a part of the aid for Afghan children, said Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Berdimurad Rejepov. "It is an honor for us to participate. We are very thankful to the people, the children of America and to President Bush for this aid." The two missions will deliver 1,658 winter coats, 1,500 winterized family-size- d tents and 10.000 gift parcels that include hats, socks, candy and school supplies. These goods are being sent during the Muslim holy month by Maj. Scott Vadnais 7e C 4"j,rs Face AMUiAB.YI. Turkmenistan (AH'Nl Ihe first of two humanitarian flights carrying 140.000 pound- of winter school children arrived coats, t t.n ami gitts from here Dec loon bard a Globemaster III. The humanitarian minion originated at Ramstein AB, Germany. An additional Air Mobility Command transport plane is expected to airlift more humanitarian supplies !at r this wet k. "We didn't really know what we were carrying when we first were tasked w ith the mission." said Major Tony, one of several pilots flying the missions. The aircrew members are reservists from Mi Chord AFB. Wash. "Once we found out the mission was to carry the first shipment of aid bought and paid for by American school kids, it made the mission pretty special." said Tony. US A n Europe PlC f - Amt-rica- C-1- 7 s C-1- 7 Stateside aircrews, and maintenance and support personnel ' S Air Forces in Kurope theater to support deploy to the Operation Knduring F reedom and other I SAr missions. The delivery of humanitarian cargo on board the is a direct result of President George W. Bush's formation of the America's Fund for Afghan Children in early October Bush challenged school children to each donate a dollar in addition to holding fund raising activities. Since then, more than SI. 5 million has arrived at the White House, along with handwritten notes, poems and drawings, said Laura F. Kennedy. U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan. The ambassador was there to meet the aircraft when it t C-1- arrived. "American kids raised all the funds used to buy this aid for the children of Afghanistan." said Kennedy. "In two Photo by Tech. Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez U.S. Air Force people help offload pallets of humanitarian aid from an Air Mobility Command 7 Globemaster til cargo plan at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The aid was funded with donations form American children after President George W. Bush announced the formation of American's Fund for Afghan Children in early October. The plane, from McChord AFB, Wash., left Ramstein AB Germany, on Dec. 10 to deliver 12 pallets of humanitarian aid supplies. months, they have raised over $1.5 million. As an American, and as a mom, I'm very proud of America's kids." Kennedy said the goods are going to some of the most distressed areas in Afghanistan. "The aid will be trucked immediately to the Balkh and Faryab regions in northwestern Afghanistan," she said. The shipment is being handled by the American Red Cross, the International Red Crescent and the International Organization on Migration." Communication between both governments led to the Druyun answers new aquisition center questions Alter i he ribbon cutting for the new Acqui- sition Center of Kxcellence. Darleen Druyun, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition Management) answer ed some questions about the Agile Acquisition initiative. What do you expect Agile Acquisition to accomplish? We have one overriding goal: Get reliable systems into the hands of our warfight-er- s as quickly and affordably as possible. That has to be our single focus. It's what we are here for. But how will Agile Acquisition accom- plish that? Agile Acquisition is a strategy to change the way we do business. It has three major thrusts: First, we will relentlessly attack our own processes and get rid of those steps in the acquisition process that simply take time but don't improve quality. Second, we are going to free our managers to manage and demand that they take the initiative. We are going to train our acquisition professionals to innovate and think creatively, provide refresher training throughout careers, and then hold our managers accountable for being agents of change. Finally, we're going to offer a lot of help through our new Acquisition Center of Excellence. What will the ACE do? Actually, at lot of things. It will be the center of gravity for the whole effort. It will be a small, lean operation that will offer help to program managers and others in search of faster, smart, better ways to do things. It will be empowered to grant waivers of regulations that have outlived their usefulness when program managers come up with a better way to do things. It will spearhead the effort to pare down our Air Force acquisition processes to the bare minimum needed to meet our legal and credible oversight requirements. Finally, it will become a center of lessons learned. no-co- st Too often we have individual successes, but the tactics used by one program never get spread across the community. The ACE will change that. Do we experience. And where do the six new Lightning Bolts fit in? If Agile Acquisition is the strategy for getting where we want to go, then the Light- Air Force. "I'm very genuinely honored and pleased to be selected to be the undersecretary of the Air Force," Teets said when introduced by Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche at a recent senior staff meet-in"I intend to work hard and be a positive contributor to this great organization. I'm proud to be a part of the U.S. Air Force. the training, the innovation, and the general mindset we will need to succeed. e What role do the acquirank-and-fil- sition team members have in this process. Their role is absolutely critical. We in Washington know we don't have all the answers. In fact, the best ideas usually come from the people closest to the work. We need everyone no matter what their to become change agents. Look job around you. Look for things that can be done better, smarter, faster. Make suggestions. Most importantly, don't be afraid of things that are new. We want to hear from you. If you have a suggestion for the ACE, it's ready to hear it. Just it to 6 SALES I I ..I., f If I AS as d WASHINGTON Whether the mission is to gain air superiority, put bombs on target or provide food and supplies to the needy, America's Air Force is ready to answer the call, the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe said. "Our United States Air Force is a military force, and on any given day you just never quite know what you're going to be asked to provide," said Gen. Gregory S. Martin. Aircrews, flying out of Ramstein AB in Germany, Military x duel-hatte- m wpurchase of new snowboard or skis! UNb-U- I Launch Vehicle in 1963 while with Martin Marietta. He later served as the president of the Denver operations for Martin Marietta Astronautics from 1985 until ommendations of the Jan. 11 Space Com- ,1993. In 1999, he retired as the presi-- ' dent and chief operating officer for Lockmission Report. The most recent time in Air Force his- heed Martin Corp. Teets holds an honorary doctorate tory that the undersecretary was responsible for running the NRO was from degree, a master's degree and a bach1981 to 1986. elor of science degree in applied mathThe Space Commission report also ematics from the University of Colorado. assigns the undersecretary as the des- He also has a master's degree in manignated Air Force acquisition executive agement from the Massachusetts Insti' for space, and gives the undersecretary tute of Technology. He succeeds Carol DiBattiste who milestone decision authority for defense space programs through the secretary served as undersecretary from August of the Air Force Teets has an extensive 1999, until January, 2001. the secretary. He is also the director of the National Reconnaissance Office. This job again falls on the undersecretary following rec- Air Force Print News si FREE HOTWAXMQW FOR LIFE 1 the Air Force's number two civil- background in space systems and defense is responsible for all actions programs, beginning as a flight control Teets ian, of the Air Force, under the direction of analysis engineer for the Titan III Space As by Tech. Sgt. Scott Elliott 1u. ...J.,., M g. people demonstate "full spectrum" military force Clearfield All SkisSnowboards & Clothing VI 1 ate Dec. 7 as the undersecretary of the AF PEDERSENS If Peter B. Teets was con- acepentagon.af.mil GRAND OPENDMG 5Q "''',''' HOT WAX yTYtrttiTro- . AF WASHINGTON firmed by the U.S. Sen- ning Bolts are the tactics. Taken as a group, they really do reflect a fundamental change in the way we do business. They go to C-1- Senate confirms undersecretary really need yet another layer of bureaucracy? Absolutely not. And that's not what the ACE is about. The ACE will be different from anything we've tried before. Using the ACE will be voluntary and taking its advice or not taking it will be up to the user. It's important that people know that we are not laying a new layer of bureaucracy and a new set of hoops to jump through on our people. Although the ACE is new to the Air Force, it's not a new idea. The National Reconnaissance Office has had an ACE for about six years and it is enormously popular and successful. We plan to learn a lot of their of Ramadan, which is celebrated this month along with Hanukkah and Christmas," Kennedy said. "We hope these goods arrive in time to help the Afghan children celebrate the end of Ramadan with the traditional Id holiday. There has been so little to celebrate in their lives." At a send-of- f ceremony in New Windsor, Md., Bush said that the shipment represented "the goodwill of American children. "It represents our hope and desires that the plight of the Afghan children improve," he said. "About one in three Afghan children are orphans, half suffer from malnutrition and one quarter of all children born in Afghanistan do not live past five years old," said Francois de la Roche, American Red Cross regional director in Turkmenistan. "We hope that these coats, tents and personal gift items will help the children of Afghanistan have a warm and healthy winter." Major Cade, another 7 pilot aboard the aircraft said that being part of the mission was extremely rewarding. "I have children of my own, and I miss them very much when I'm gone," he said, "but being a part of this mission really hits home on how lucky we are as Americans." MM TO.:imr -- '"' aJMJUfiJJX recently delivered the 2 millionth humanitarian daily ration to the people of Afghanistan. "It's been a very interesting project for us to be involved in," Martin said. "Most of the humanitarian relief supplies, as well as the supplies going forward to support the forces in the field, have come through Ramstein." With an average delivery drop rate of nearly 35,000 per day, the HDRs require special handling. "We've delivered the rations using a special technique that was developed for use in our strategic airlifters, in this case, the 7 Globemaster III," Martin said. "It involves Army and Air Force men and women, C-1- as well as our German partners who have helped uu,m uieiii wim ine njjKS, men "oira, rig them and load them on the aircraft. So, it's a joint and combined operation." Besides rations, large supplies of oats, wheat, rice, beans, blankets and gear have been delivered by a separate parachute delivery system, Martin said. The humanitarian airlift missions have targeted those living in remote areas. "Overall, I would say that the several hundred people that have worked this (humanitarian airlift) feel as if they're making a difference to a nation in great stress," Martin said, "a nation that I think has been greatly abused by a leadership that did not care. And as we eliminate that leadership element, the people (there) will need our most serious attention, our most serious compassion. "I think it says something about our Air Force," Martin said. "(Whether) if s flood relief in Mozambique, a noncombatant evacuation in a country in stress, or the amplification of firepower and combat power as we sawin Operation Allied Force, (we can provide) the full spectrum of operations day in and day out "In the end if s about security," Martin said. "If s about providing for prosperity and security for other people in the world." cold-weath- . |