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Show B Experiment explores better ways to fight M eet By Capt. Amie Brockway JEFX '02 Public Affairs Major E. Kent Wong 388th Component Repair Squadron commander - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. For 8 months the Air Force Experimentation Office at Langley Air Force Base, Va., has been preparing for a war in 20(37. This fictional conflict was executed five years early during the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2002 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., from July 24 to Aug. 9. "I am so positive and pleasantly surprised by how far we've come," said Gen. Hal M. Hornburg, commander of Air Combat Command, after touring the JEFX '02 site Aug. 5 and 6. "What we learn at JEFX is going to pay dividends for years to come." 1. 5. What challenges do you see in becoming the new comman- I der? How were you commissioned? received my commission from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Texas A&M University. I'm a proud Texas 1 Since CRS is a huge squadron and many of the shops are geographically separated, the challenge will be to make it out to the shops on a regular basis and to get to know each squadron member as an individual. Aggie. 2. Where is your hometown? My hometown is Houston, Texas. 3. What is your time used for? I'm going to be spending a lot of time with my new wife, Carol. We enjoy traveling and visiting the many national parks in the region. We also enjoy fellowship with friends from our church. off-du- Sponsored by the Air Force chief of staff. Gen. John Jumper, JEFX '02 was the fourth in a series of Air Force experiments that will prepare the Air Force for the challenges of future expeditionary operations. Seven Air Force initiatives are being tested at JEFX: - Theater Space Control: Gives the air component commander, commander of all air and space forces involved in the conflict, the ability to control theater space assets from the air ty 6. What advice would you gi ve to those who wish to pursue a career in the AF? I have three pieces of advice. First, do the best you can for the team, don't worry about yourself. Have a "Big team... little me" attitude! Second, treat each person with dignity and respect. I like the saying, "Never look down on anyone... unless you're helping him up." And, third, have a positive attitude no matter what the circumstance. It's attitude, not aptitude, that determines your altitude! 4. What are your priorities as the new Component Repair Squadron commander? have three priorities: mission, people, and teamwork. The mission is why we're here. Fly, fight, and win! But, to have mission success you have to take care of the people. So, a lot of my focus will be on people issues. They are the most important resource. Lastly is teamwork. Without teamwork we can't accomplish the mission. When we all work together, we all win together. One Team. ..One Fight. ..One Win! I cenoperations center, a ter that plans, executes and assesses air and space operations during a contingency or conflict. - Predictive Battlespace Awareness: An ACC initiative that provides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance analysis to give the air component commander a forecasted picture of the battlespace before the battle occurs. - Master Air Attack Plan Toolkit: Continuously brings almost instantaneous information on threats and resources to the air component commander, resulting in faster, more accurate decision-makin- g with fewer peo in and air resources the pie operations center. See Experiment Page D command-and-contr- the new CRS commander ol Predictability Continued from Page A sooner because we'll have a larger group of airmen from which to reinforce our fight at our deployed locations. We'll also be working hard to employ as many options y as we can to meet the AEF goal of rotations. Our airmen deserve nothing less." Currently, about 20,000 airmen are "The thing I see, from where I sit, is how magnificently our airmen are performing what wonderful people," Wright said. "And it's not just our more junior officers and enlisted airmen. Our (numbered air force) and wing commanders are going to this fight, and they're also staying for undetermined lengths of time. "We're all in this fight, and we're all going to be in this fight at deployed locations, if we haven't been there yet," 90-da- hard-workin- g deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and other contingencies around the world. Wright said. 'The best defense is a great common-- " offense, and from our three-sta- r ders to our junior airmen, we are a team that makes up unprecedented, enduring d combat capability for our nation. We are fighting and winning the war on terrorism, and we'll be able to fight this war for as long as it takes to successfully protect and defend the United States of America." ( Courtesy of ACC News) forward-deploye- 388th FW reorganizes to new AF combat wing structure Aug. 29 By Capt. Angie Chang 388th Fighter Wing public affairs The 388th Fighter Wing will officially transition to the new Air Force combat wing organization Aug. 29, when all maintenance personnel currently assigned to operations and under a newly created maintelogistics groups nance group. In April, Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force Chief of Staff, directed all active duty, Air National Guard and Reserve wings to adopt the new standard wing structure by September 2003, which will allow group commanders to focus on their primary core competencies. The four groups under the new wing structure are the operations, maintenance, mission support and medical group. The 388th FW will continue to have just two groups operations and maintenance. "The reorganization allows operators to focus on flying, maintainers to focus on fixing jets, support airmen to focus on getting us to the tight and helping us sustain, while the meds (medical) continue to take care of us every step of the way," said Col. Steve Hoog, 388th FW commander. Increased combat capability is the ultimate goal of the wing reorganization, but the greatest advantage is to senior leadership in the maintenance world, according to Col. luiniiuuai, Peter Ryner, 388th Logistics Group commander. The colonel, who has more than 30 years of 1 experience in the maintenance field said, "with the current operations tempo and aging fleet, the reorganization allows experienced maintenance professionals to focus on policy, procedures, training and mentoring necessary to maintain our fleet and train our maintenance officers. It takes the burden of main ns - AF-wi- taining jets off the (senior) operators." In the past, the logistics group commander was indirectly responsible for the health of the aircraft fleet because he or she was only partially responsible for aircraft maintenance while the other half of the responsibility existed within the operations group, and the operations group commander was responsible for both combat capability and fleet health and sortie production issues. Additional changes resulting from the reorganization include supply and transportation squadrons and the logistics plans functions combining to form the Logistics Readiness Squadron. The LRS will fall under the MSG. The 388th FW; however, has unique requirements as a tenant unit. Without a MSG, those functions that are currently represented in the wing with functional liaisons will remain r a , 1 III -- j -i I 1 de p part of the 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron, formally named the Logistics Support Squadron. While airmen shift from one group to another and some the will be squadrons will be transparent to most airmen, according to Colonel Ryner. 'To a typical crew chief or maintenance specialist, the only visible change will be to the patch on their bale dress uni- forms," he said. "Maintenance on the flight line won't change. Troops will still work and deploy with the same jets and the same units. Personnel assigned to the AMXS (Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons) will be assigned with the (Aerospace Expeditionary Force) commitment of their dedicated fighter squadrons." However, there will be more emphasis placed on fleet health and standardization throughout the MG. "We'll leverage on the experience and lessons learned from 1 seasoned maintenance officers and raise the focus on aircraft maintenance," said Colonel Ryner. The enlisted career field will not be impacted by the reorganization, but logistics officers (supply, transportation and logistics plans) will be combined to create the logistics I readiness officer career field. 2nd Lt. Detrick Grimes, 388th LSS, feels the merge will enhance logistics officers' ability to work more efficiently particularMOS- Maintenance Operations Squaton ly in deployments. CMS- Component Maintenance "I think it (the merge in career fields) will Sc?j8on AMS-- Aircraft Maintenance make officers more aware of the issues facSojjaoton AMF- - Aircraft Maintenance ing the AF and mobility side of this wing," Refit he said. "It also allows logistics officers to Red notates former name have more opportunity to work in different areas giving us more breadth of experience." The wing reorganization allows comman' i ; ders today to focus on their specific areas of , 421: AMP I expertise and results from lessons learned from the past. It allows the AF to operate L .43 Jj 3piil smarter in a time where the AF is challenged UJ Support with new threats and mission requirements, "i - - ' vH jwrmnirawi tin in a I 1 i urn i J i.inii - Lwwd Gnfctty&ftwsa 1 . 4ti.AMF I " ' li.i i ; H& , ' Mi Support Aft Published for People Like.,. r Senior Airman Bryan Hermanson 'r:V - Unit: 388th Component Repair Squadron Job: Jet Engine Journeyman ' Time in Service: 4 years 2 months ' ' - j ', hiiuMinMiuimi T " 1 v iri'iT rr iTMiinirrT1 n" m"ii nl . Fighter Country is a supplement lo the Hilltop Times, published by MorMcdia. toe., private firm in no way with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with the Ogden Air Logistics Center Public Affairs Office. This commercial enterprise Air Force new spaper it an authorized for U members the S. of publication military service. 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