Peterson Space Observer Nov. 15, 2018

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Airmen ‘strike out’ domestic violence with inaugural event

By Erinn Callahan | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — About 125 Airmen and their families laced up their bowling shoes for the Peterson Air Force Base Family Advocacy Program’s inaugural “Strike-Out Domestic Violence” tournament Nov. 6, 2018, at the bowling center on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

“This is our very first year and we’ve had a fantastic turnout,” said Maj. Candee Berck, 21st Medical Operations Squadron family advocacy officer. “This is awesome.”

The Family Advocacy Program provides support for military personnel and their families who are experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse, dating violence or elder abuse. Providers greeted participants from behind a table covered with pamphlets and other literature detailing the signs of domestic abuse, along with information about services the program offers.

“It’s important to raise awareness,” said Monica Ibarra, family advocacy provider.

“Strike-Out Domestic Violence” was a way for family advocacy providers to raise their profile here so that Airmen will feel more comfortable reaching out if they need their services, Berck said.

“We wanted to do something fun to get our faces out there,” she said.

The event was initially scheduled for Oct.

30, 2018, to coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but providers opted to reschedule for the next week so as not to conflict with the Condor Crest preparedness exercise, Berck said.

The tournament drew single Airmen and families alike – including Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander. Prizes were available for the top-scoring teams, but there was something for the losers as well – the “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” award.

“We’ve had a tremendous amount of support from the wing,” Ibarra said. “It’s great to see our families and our leadership support us.”

Staff Sgt. Caleb Cleveland, 4th Space Operations Squadron, bowled strike after strike with daughter Abby perched atop his shoulders, while older daughter Stella Cleveland cheered on her dad from the floor.

“It’s good to take the kids out,” Cleveland said.

Berck hopes the tournament will be the start of the program’s ongoing efforts to develop personal relationships with individual Airmen.

“We’re trying to get into the units a little more, so that folks understand how much we care about them as people and that we’re not just trying to harm their careers,” she said.

To contact the Family Advocacy Program, call 719-556-8943.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Erinn Callahan)

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Stella Cleveland gets ready to take her turn during the Family Advocacy Program's inaugural "Strike-Out Domestic Violence" bowling tournament at the Bowling Center on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Nov. 6, 2018. The tournament was a way for family advocacy providers to raise their profile so that Airmen will feel more comfortable reaching out if they need their services.

302nd MXG holds first speed mentoring session

By Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lundberg | 302ND AIRLIFT WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lundberg)

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 302nd Maintenance Group meet with the wing’s senior leaders during a speed mentoring session, Nov. 4, 2018, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The 24 Airmen were provided an opportunity to have one-onone time with 18 leaders to discuss professional development opportunities and concerns.

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— Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 302nd Maintenance Group picked the brains of various senior leaders during a speed mentoring session, Nov. 4, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Anthony, the 302nd Maintenance Group superintendent, was inspired to coordinate the session after attending similar events. It wasn’t just about career advice though.

For the mentors, it was a chance for them to meet with their Airmen face-to-face and learn about their concerns too.

The sessions between the mentors and mentees were broken into roughly five-minute intervals, often ending in an exchange of information to continue conversations later on. Chief master sergeants, first sergeants, Stripes

for Exceptional Performers promotees and prior-enlisted officers from across the 302nd Airlift Wing volunteered for the event offering to share their knowledge and personal experiences with the attendees.

“It’s wonderful to have people like this willing to take time out of their day to do an event like this for us,” said Senior Airman Sarah Dean, a 302nd MXG personnelist. “It’s inspiring to know we have leaders like this here.”

The reservists came prepared with various questions including commissioning, retraining, and rank progression while balancing their family life and civilian employment. Some of the senior leader mentors brought handouts on goal setting See Speed mentoring page 4

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Facing uncertainty

By Lt. Col. William Sanders | 4TH SPACE CONTROL SQUADRON PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — "We are facing…a security environment more complex and volatile than any we have experienced in recent memory." - 2018 National Defense Strategy Undoubtedly, we are operating in an uncertain strategic environment which exacerbates operational and tactical uncertainty. Leaders must be ready to execute through a wide range of outcomes. Just as our National Command Authority must continue to plan, make decisions, communicate, and execute despite this uncertainty, so too must leaders at all levels. This article will use a notional scenario to illustrate a model and some considerations for the leader operating in an uncertain environment.

Scenario: The 4th Space Control Squadron deploys teams to support geographic combatant commanders' priorities.

The timing and tempo of our deployments is set almost exclusively by external factors which creates uncertainty for our teams.

Step 1: Assess the Elements of Uncertainty In order to effectively plan for uncertain outcomes, the leader must be comfortable with situations where there are more variables than solutions. Only when the leader acknowledges the uncertainties that put his vision at risk can the plan account for those variables.

In the notional scenario, the deployment commander’s goal is for the team to be in country performing their mission

by January 1 based on combatant command need date of February 1. To achieve that goal, however, there are many factors outside Air Force Space Command control. For instance: the supported task force has to be ready to receive us; if we are deploying to a new site, the site must be prepared; Higher Headquarters Approval Authority must approve our movement, etc. The only way to ensure mission success is to acknowledge those variables so that you can proceed to

dealing with them through planning and execution.

Step 2: Plan to Account for Uncertainty Every leader should have goals for their unit that align with priorities and a strategic vision. However, goals alone do not propel an organization to success, rather planning is the bridge between goals and reality.

The deployment commander has to plan for many factors.

For this example, we’ll focus on mission-related training. If the team completes training too early and the tasking order doesn't come through, they lose through their vulnerability window. We’ll have to train a new team and ultimately miss the target date. If we wait until we have an execution order to train, we are late to meet the CCMDR's mission need. Therefore, the leadership team must frame the left and right bounds of the problem with an associated confidence assessment so our deployment commander and his team can plan branches to address contingencies.

Step 3: Communicate the Plan The biggest challenge leaders face executing through uncertainty is communicating with their team. At best, uncertainty creates angst in a unit; at worst, it can lead to flawed decisions and mission failure. Therefore, transparency is key. In deciding what to communicate, the only wrong answers are everything and nothing. If the leader communicates nothing, speculation and rumors will run rampant. It is the leader’s judgment that determines what is worth sharing and with whom. Should the leadership team assess information to be 50% or less reliable, it is best to keep that information closely held.

If the deployment commander learns that the previously agreed to site has changed but it is unclear if that affects the schedule, the leadership team may begin "planning to plan."

The leadership team may not want to bring the rest of the unit

into that process until such time as it affects their actions.

One caveat here: the successful leader must listen. If the Airmen are uneasy with what is going on, it might be time for an update. In fact, it isn't a bad idea to provide schedule-driven updates at regular intervals in addition to any event-driven updates. Sometimes the message is "nothing has changed," but that's better than saying nothing at all.

You will find that uncertainty decreases the closer you get to executing your plan, so you may need to increase the frequency of your communication.

Step 4: Execute the Plan Through Mission Command While uncertainty provides challenges, it could just as easily provide opportunities. Capitalizing on opportunity in an uncertain environment often requires speed and therefore decentralized decisions. For mission command to work, the leader must provide a vision, guidance, authority, and accountability to subordinate leaders who can seize fleeting opportunities.

The deployment commander’s guidance is to move the team into theater with disciplined initiative by the CCMDR’s need date. Let’s say the combatant command limits how many Airmen can deploy. The leader must then make trades, informed by risk analysis, to determine how he will meet the mission needs and satisfy the constraint. If, for instance, he decides to reduce the number of space control operators on his team, he may have to increase the training exposure for his remaining operators and crew chiefs.

Conclusion In summary, the leader charged with operating through uncertainty must first assess the situation, plan to account for the range of possibilities, communicate the plan and uncertainties' impacts on that plan, and empower the team to navigate those uncertainties through mission command.

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C-130 crew chief course gets rolling with new GITA

By John Ingle | 82ND TRAINING WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) — The Air Force and Air Education and Training Command seeks to improve the quality, speed and relevance of the training enterprise by introducing virtual and augmented reality technology with new ground instructional training aircraft, or GITA. The MC-130P Combat Shadow recently arrived on Sheppard Air Force Base and may look like the other Hercules aircraft that have been serving for more than half a century, but it brings several advancements to the training arena.

Staff Sgt. Joseph Martinez, a 362nd Training Squadron C-130 crew chief instructor, said the aircraft, brought in from the California National Guard in October, has a few key differences that give Airmen experience more in line with operational realities, as well as a insight to the different missions the cargo plane conducts.

For example, the braking system on the MC-130P allows Airmen to learn on equipment that is currently being used in the field, the instructor said.

He said the majority of the C-130 training aircraft used at Sheppard have the obsolete multi-disk braking system, whereas C-130s in the field use a new carbon-style system.

“This allows our Airmen to come in, get the training they need on this new-style brake and then utilize that at their home stations,” he said, having graduated the first class Nov. 6 of C-130 crew chiefs to learn on the carbon brakes.

Martinez said when the Air Force changed the type of braking system on the airframe, that meant changes to technical orders, or maintenance manuals, as well as the types of tools used to remove wheels and tires and work on the brakes. He said they are making due, but the important part is the Airmen are being exposed to the equipment before they get to their first assignment.

Ernesto Acosta-Rivera, 362nd TRS training manager, said the process to get the new GITA to Sheppard began in August. He said the California Air National Guard is replacing their MC-130s with updated models, which meant tail number 0216 was available.

“It was pretty quick,” he said of the acquisition process. “Within a month it was ready to fly from Moffett Field.”

Acosta-Rivera said many of the aircraft used for training by the crew chiefs were older E models. Now when Airmen go to a 15-day course at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, after their 69-academic-day course here, they’ll be familiar with components they will see during their follow-on training.

Martinez, who has served on just about every C-130 variation ever flown and over as many locales, said he enjoys training new crew chiefs on the airframe and imparting his knowledge he has amassed over the years. After all, he said, he knows he is training his eventual replacement and he wants to train and inspire them.

“These Airmen need to know that what they are doing here is vital for our Air Force,” he said. “If we cannot get these aircraft up in the air and maintain them correctly, then the mission doesn’t happen and it actually can fail and people’s lives are at risk."

(U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) — Airman Chantz Stevens, 362nd Training Squadron C-130 crew chief course student, secures safety wire on a metal ring that secures the wheel hub cap on the rear landing gear of a MC-130P Combat Shadow, the newest ground instructional training aircraft at Sheppard Air Force Base, Nov. 5, 2018. The C-130, which was brought in from Moffett Federal Airfield by the California Air National Guard in October, provides an updated variation for crew chief students to train on and have a better understanding of some of its components before going to follow-on training at Little Rock AFB, Ark.

(U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) — Staff Sgt. Joseph Martinez, center, 362nd Training Squadron C-130 crew chief apprentice course instructor, talks about the wheel assembly of a MC-130P Combat Shadow during training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 5, 2018. The squadron received the MC-130P, the newest ground instructional training aircraft in the inventory, in October from the California Air National Guard. This variation provides updated components such as the carbon fiber-style braking system that replaced the obsolete multi-disc system on older C-130s.

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FROM PAGE 1 and professional military development schedules and opportunities.

“Today’s event was very successful,” said Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Tasca, the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight chief, former first sergeant and one of the mentors at the event. “I had a lot of Airmen asking good questions about their career development and progression. But they weren’t just thinking about the next

rank, they were thinking about two, three, four ranks ahead.”

Based on the feedback they received from reservists seeking advice, enlisted wing leadership plans to host more mentoring sessions in the future.

"Moving forward, I want to continue to hold these workshops and bring in more members of the other squadrons to participate," said Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise, the 302nd AW command chief, who also attended the event as a mentor. “It's great for the Airmen to get career development advice, mentorship, and I am in full support of this initiative.”

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Keen Sword 19: Historic first JGSDF jump from USAF C-130Js in Japan

By Yasuo Osakabe | 374TH AIRLIFT WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — A 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules became the first U.S. aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on Hiju-dai drop zone, Oita prefecture, Japan, Nov. 4, during exercise Keen Sword 2019.

The JGSDF’s 1st Airborne Brigade soldiers, observed by U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers, jumped from the C-130J Super Hercules, showcasing the exercise’s capability to bring military power together to train.

“It is great that we are finally able to drop JGSDF paratroopers from U.S. aircraft in Japan,” said Capt. Jeffrey Larkin, 36th AS C-130J pilot and Keen Sword 19 C-130J mission commander. “Also, this is the first time that (the 36th AS) will fly over Hiju-dai drop zone. This is another exciting moment for us because we can fly in an atypical environment.”

Since 2015, the 36th AS and JGSDF’s 1st Airborne Brigade have been conducting joint jump training during Red-Flag Alaska. This historic first combined jump training in Japan will allow for more opportunities for future training and

collaboration to strengthen bonds between the two nations.

“Working with the Japanese Airborne community increases bonds and friendships, and it also increases the understanding of the strategic value of both airborne communities,” said Army Master Sgt. Nathan Greer, U.S. Army Alaska jump master.

The jump highlighted the strong commitment of the U.S. and Japan to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, but the aircraft was just one moving piece in a large-scale area seizure scenario during Keen Sword 19.

“We delivered service members, between U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces, from Okinawa to Misawa,” said Larkin.

“Also we conducted mass Container Delivery System drops at Hiju-dai (dropzone).”

The scenario: The 120 JGSDF paratroopers at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Air Base at Fukuoka prefecture conducted airdrop training from the U.S. C-130J aircraft at Hiju-dai exercise areas, Oita prefecture, located approximately 810 km from Yokota Air Base.

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the 1st Airborne Brigade prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Air Base, Japan, Nov. 4, 2018, during exercise Keen Sword 19. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules' with the 36 AS became the first U.S. aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on Hiju-dai drop zone, Oita prefecture, Japan.

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“Everything was excellent,” said Greer. “As a jump master, they jumped safely and accurately. This is most important thing for jumpers, and they were professionals during the airborne operation.”

Keen Sword gives U.S. and Japanese forces an opportunity to practice critical air, maritime and amphibious capabilities essential for Japan’s defense and for regional security. The exercise is also the latest in a series of bilateral field training exercises that for more than 30 years have increased combat readiness and interoperability between the U.S. and JSDF. “The scenario gave us the opportunity to practice tactical airlift to deliver supplies and personnel at a moment’s notice.” said Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Gates, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J loadmaster. “Any joint training provides greater awareness of how U.S. military and JSDF train to prepare for future contingencies and it help us stay ready to provide joint support when we are called upon.”

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By Capt. Anna-Marie Wyant | 455TH AIR EXPEDITIONARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) — Two joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron were commended by the Army for their achievements in support of joint military operations in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Stephen Mynatt from the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Carson, Colorado, and a senior airman from the 19th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, each received an Army Commendation Medal during their deployment to Bagram and additional regional locations.

“Radios are our weapons,” said Lt. Col. Michael Kump, 817th EASOS commander. “A JTAC's ability to assess the situation, advise the ground commander, and call in deterrence or firepower is what makes them a force multiplier.”

Mynatt and his fellow JTAC provided crisis response air control and support for Operation Faryab Response. They established an immediate and trusting working relationship with Army Col. Adrian T. Bogart III, the Train, Advise and Assist Command - North deputy commander, leading the response in an ambiguous and highly complex operation against a determined adversary. According to their award citations, they directly contributed to preventing the Province of Faryab, Afghanistan from falling under the control of the Taliban.

From Aug. 20-28, Mynatt and his teammate translated commander's guidance to orchestrate and control fifteen F-16 Fighting Falcon sorties; nine B-1 Lancer bomber sorties; 30 lines of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; nine employments of AH-64 air weapons teams; twelve shows of force; eleven shows of presence and ten kinetic strikes.

As a result of these actions and in conjunction with other Afghan and U.S. forces, the JTACs inflicted extensive battle damage to the Taliban, including the destruction of captured Afghan Army equipment, which would have been a significant tactical advantage to the Taliban in Faryab Province had it fallen under their control.

“It was a team effort with everyone involved, and I wouldn't have been successful without the dedication of the Resolute Support Tactical Command Post staff,” Mynatt said. “Even with limited resources, I was able to make the best out of just having a map, compass and radio.”

Mynatt and his teammate immediately integrated with the TAAC-N and RS TAC staffs, advised them on airpower integration and were instrumental in refining their staff

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processes to offensively target an extremely dynamic threat, Kump said. They performed above their scope of responsibility, filling the role of the air liaison officer by connecting various authorities and appropriately applying assets to facilitate an Afghan retrograde, while neutralizing threats across an entire Afghan Province.

“Being able to integrate with an expeditionary Army staff and help them work through tactical and strategic problem sets was a unique experience for us,” the senior airman JTAC from Fort Campbell said. “We were able to advise both the Army and Afghan forces on how to efficiently bring airpower into the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces scheme of maneuver during a critical mission.”

The JTACs’ actions resulted in exceptionally high battle damage to the enemy without civilian casualties, Bogart said. He called their performance “exceptional, heroic and valorous, and well above the call to duty,” and said their “character, stamina and devotion were unmatched.”

Over the first three days at the onset of the Battle for Faryab, the JTACs managed multiple round-the-clock and sorties simultaneously, and they quickly and accurately provided decision-making criteria to the ground force commander, he added.

“I am extremely proud of these two Airmen and how well they represented the squadron and the Air Force on this no-notice mission,” Kump said. “Their skill and attention to detail turned the tide of the battle in this highly-contested province, enabled the ANDSF to regroup, and forced the Taliban to withdraw from key terrain.”

The 817th EASOS provides close air support command and control, terminal attack control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance expertise, and weather forecasting and warning capability to rotary-wing task forces, manned/ unmanned intelligence platforms, and maneuver units, as well as command headquarters across the combined joint operations area. Their operations fall under NATO’s Resolute Support mission. The squadron, a direct-report unit to 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan, is a tenant unit of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.

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Air Force, coalition partners team for first deployed SNCOLC

By Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz | 386TH AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) — Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition partners from three different countries recently completed the first ever deployed senior noncommissioned officer leadership course.

The 16-hour professional military education course, instructed by Chief Master Sgt. Chad Welch, 386th AEW command chief, marked the first time the SNCOLC was hosted in a deployed environment, and the first time it has ever been offered to coalition partners.

The course provided attendees the opportunity to explore in-depth communications, trust, teamwork and leadership proficiencies. Welch said while the mission will always come first, there is always room to grow, even in a deployed environment.

SNCOLC is usually hosted by and provided to members of Air Force Reserve Command.

Welch, who served as the 932nd Airlift Wing command chief at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, said the contents of the course are rewarding for attendees of all components and countries – not just reserve Airmen.

“This is the perfect PME to host in this environment,” Welch said. “The class took only two days to complete, and the participants completed the class in addition to their busy work schedules. Beyond the lessons learned in the course itself, SNCOLC enhances our relationships with our coalition partners – which will yield dividends long after we leave the classroom.”

The dividends Welch mentioned include the increased SNCO network at this location, which will ensure the class is able tomore effectively complete the mission when collaborating with coalition partners. He also said this multi-national network only serves to augment the 386th AEW mission, and by extension, the Air Force’s mission.

“More than anything, this class is about building and fostering partnerships,” Welch said.

“The main inspiration for hosting this course here was the fact we work with our coalition

partners daily, but don’t often get the opportunity to network and learn together. The success of a class often hinges on the students’ energy, and these students were amazing. I am excited to see what their future holds.”

The students weren’t the only ones who learned something during the course, however.

Welch, a former PME instructor, said the cadre learned from the international students themselves, allowing them to grow as facilitators.

“Having coalition partners as students is an exciting experience,” he said. “While the methods of learning are different between individuals, the difference between countries is a different animal. Luckily, while the languages of the students differed, the course material was universal. We were able to roll with the punches and successfully complete the course.”

Welch went on to say hosting the first iteration of SNCOLC is just the first step, and he hopes to host more classes like this in the future, as long as the mission allows it.

One of the coalition partners who graduated the class was Canadian Armed Forces Warrant Officer Patrick Power. He said the class provided valuable insight to the Air Force’s senior enlisted mindset; something he plans on sharing with his peers.

“This course was very interesting and a pleasure to be a part of,” Power said. “The course was informative and it was easy to break the ice with all our partners. I thoroughly enjoyed participating with coalition members. It was definitely a positive experience and I will take the lessons I have learned and apply them when I return home. All coalition forces would benefit from the course – the teamwork and coaching would be beneficial to any participant.”

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By Marisa Alia-Novobilski | AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — It’s a little known program that packs a lot of punch as the premier career broadening program for logistics officers working to keep Air Force platforms ready and lethal for the enterprise fight.

The Logistics Career Broadening Program offers company grade logistics officers the opportunity gain leadership skills and experience in depot, supply, sustainment and development missions through a two-year rotation at an air or defense logistics center. Officers are embedded within the organizations where they have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of depot processes while also looking for ways to improve and shape the future logistics processes they may someday lead.

“This is a highly competitive program that provides officers a 360-degree perspective on service-wide logistics processes and issues. The individuals selected for these assignments are those we are looking at to become future materiel leaders in the logistics enterprise,” said Maj. Gen. Allan Day, Air Force Materiel Command Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration Directorate director. “The officers work side-by-side with the military and civilian professionals in the organizations that keep our operational units and platforms lethal. The learning is invaluable.”

Forty-three officers are currently serving in the program, spread across nine locations, including AFMC air logistics complexes at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Robins AFB, Georgia; and Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. In addition to learning the day-to-day operations at the logistics hubs, the officers can earn professional certification in life cycle logistics.

“These skills benefit them throughout their careers, whether at a depot or supporting a flight line or missile field,” said Maj. Brandon Grone, Munitions and Missiles Branch, AFMC Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration Directorate deputy chief. “Officers are provided the time to learn and collaborate with others in the field.

They can use the training directly in their current rotation and follow-on assignments.”

Participants also have opportunities to work on high-level Air Force projects that help them grow professionally as both logisticians and leaders. Past projects have included the development of a new school for civilian hires and work as action officers for the Air Force’s “Benchmarking with Industry” Project.

“The program has completely transformed my understanding of the acquisition and sustainment enterprise, which I now better understand is a COG (center of gravity) for readiness and winning our wars,” said Capt. Ryan M. VanArtsdalen, a current career broadening officer at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Hill Air Force Base. “The depot is where many organizations come together as an enterprise team. Understanding how each organization works, communicates, partners and relies on each other has strengthened my ability to manage and lead organizations horizontally and vertically.”

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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — Capt. Ryan M. VanArtsdalen reviews depot processes with Staff Sgt. Terry Skelton at Ogden Air Logistics Complex. VanArtsdalen is one of 43 Air Force officers participating in the Air Force Logistics Career Broadening Program and is gaining leadership skills and experience in depot, supply, sustainment and development missions through a two-year logistics rotation. sile maintenance and logistics readiness are eligible to apply for the program during the application cycle, which typically opens in early spring. The program is also open to the Scientific Utilization Field, Developmental Engineers, Acquisition Managers, Contracting and Financial Management officers. To be eligible for the program, officers must have four to seven years of commissioned service as of the application close date.

“LCBP has been the most informative, educational and influential assignment in my career and has completely changed the way I think and lead in the logistics profession,” said VanArtsdalen. “I highly encourage anyone who enjoys solving difficult problems and learning about people, processes and procedures—someone who wants to think strategically about (Defense Department) and Air Force issues-- to apply. You will use what you learn the rest of your professional career.”

SUPT evolves, molds next generation of military aviators

By Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb | 14TH FLYING TRAINING WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

(AFNS) — Pilot training is ever evolving around new aircraft, new equipment, new procedures and faster production. With this, the syllabus in Phase II of training has recently changed, helping build a new type of military aviator.

The new syllabus adopted by the 41st and 37th Flying Training Squadrons on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, is focused on building pilots who understand aviation and can adapt to their next airframe efficiently, instead of training them to be experts on each training airframe.

Each student pilot will learn everything they need to know to learn in a safe and efficient manner, which means mixing some instrumental training with contact sorties or vice versa, additional simulator time, mentorship from other students, more mission planning and flight line experience and more.

“Leadership is trying to get rid of the old mold, where students weren’t allowed to do certain aspects of training, such as going to the simulators more regularly and providing more training tools in the squad-

ron so they progress more efficiently,” said Capt. Andrew Zaldivar, 37th FTS flight commander.

Students now build a lot of their T-6 Texan II flights from the ground up, but still follow ‘canned,’ or template-like patterns when they get into the correct airspace.

“The actual procedures we are instructing is similar, but we are getting more involved in the planning aspect,” Zaldivar said.

The one thing Zaldivar said he didn’t enjoy about the new training besides the difficult scheduling, was his inability to really connect with the students and understand them. He recalled his instructors would make a point to know each student, enabling the instructors to motivate them more.

There is still motivation in the new syllabus, but it now comes from the senior classes mentoring the newer classes, which Zaldivar said is one of the things shifting the culture of pilot training.

“We have a senior and junior class system now,” Zaldivar said. “The senior classes are taking things instructors used to do and

they are doing them, that’s allowing us to work on instructing and helps them with the mentorship and leadership aspect. I think if this continues, it will be a welloiled machine, not to be cliche.”

How did this all begin?

“A flight commander started to schedule students in a non-traditional way, with the intent of exposing them to more of the flying environment,” said, Capt. Joseph Spitz, 41st FTS check pilot. “Creatively using the syllabus this led to more output of students at a faster rate. I carried those techniques to my flight and we identified there is an excess of capacity in the syllabus.”

Spitz is one of the instructor pilots who looked at the training and wanted to push it to its maximum, training students faster, while ensuring the necessary skills to be world class military aviators.

“The big idea is when you have good flying weather we can go out there and crush contact stories which is just visual with the ground,” Spitz said. “Then when we have bad weather days, we now have the ability to fly instrument type training to find air-space that is clear.”

The individual style of training allows

students to progress more at their own pace by removing unnecessary sorties from high performing students schedule and giving extra flights to students who are struggling with certain aspects of flying. Spitz is confident it will be the go-to process to train students when compared to the old syllabus.

“It’s required more time up-front, but day to day we are doing more complicated missions, so we have to sit down with the student and go more in-depth on how we will accomplish our objective for the day,” Spitz said. “The time component has gone up due to the fact we are doing a more complicated sortie and we added more students, because we have the ability to create more pilots at a somewhat accelerated pace, so it’s not like we are doing any less work to do as a flying training squadron.”

Spitz said when Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 1916 goes to the next phases of pilot training, the instructor pilots will get great feedback on the syllabus and in turn will be able to re-attack the issues from a new perspective with the other flying training wings.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFNS) — Second Lt. Austin Anderson, 41st Flying Training Squadron student pilot, and Capt. Joseph Sornsin, 41st FTS instructor pilot, prepare for a flight Nov. 6, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The new syllabus adopted by the 41st and 37th Flying Training Squadrons on Columbus AFB is focused on building pilots who understand aviation and can adapt to their next airframe efficiently.

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Maj. Ashley Parker, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, participates in the 2018 Explosive Ordnance Device 133 Memorial Workout, Nov. 4, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The event was held in honor of Army Sgt. James Slape, 430th Explosive Ordnance Company, who was killed by an improvised explosive device Oct. 4, 2018.

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A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 134th Air Refueling Wing out of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Knoxville, Tenn., sits on the flight line under the Aurora Borealis during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2018. This exercise takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden. With more than 50,000 participants from 31 countries, this is the largest NATO exercise since 2002.

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform the delta burst at the Wings Over Homestead Air and Space Show at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Nov. 4, 2018.

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Cape Cod AFS harnesses wind, increases energy efficiency for years to come

By Tech. Sgt. Erica Picariello | 21ST SPACE WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

CAPE COD AIR FORCE STATION, MA. — It’s been four years since the wind turbines were installed on Cape Cod Air Force Station, Mass., and as C.S. Lewis, an British writer, once said, “You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.”

In this case, the Air Force found the tangible strength of the winds on Cape Cod and harnessed them to decrease their energy footprint and to continue the Air Force’s pledge to be good stewards of the environment by using 25 percent renewable energy by 2025.

“The most visible impact [of the wind turbines] is a reduction in our electric bill,” said Stephen Mellin, 6th Space Warning Squadron support officer. “Typically, our annual bill is around $1.5 to $1.6 million per year, that's almost $5,000 per day. The electricity generated by the wind turbines provided power to the local electrical grid and we get a credit on our bill from the local utility company.”

The turbines are not only churning energy back into the grid, but also reducing the annual budget to operate CCAFS. “The credits are averaging about $1.4 million per year, effectively reducing our electric bill to $200,000 a year.

That is funding that the 21st Space Wing can put to other uses.”

The turbines not only benefit the Air Force, but also

the local community.

“Cape Cod AFS is a great place to harness the free power of wind energy,” said Brian O’Leary, 21st SW Civil Engineer Squadron energy manager. “But due to the variability of wind speed, the wind farm can't be directly connected to CCAFS’s large radar system. Instead, the wind farm feeds power to the local grid and CCAFS gets reimbursed for the electricity produced. It's a great investment!”

C.S. Lewis said you can’t find the strength of a wind by lying down, and that’s true for these wind turbines also.

According to O’Leary, they stand erect at 270 feet with 131 foot long blades turning at 10-20 revolutions per minute.

The turbines stature and placement serves as a constant reminder to the local community of the Air Force’s commitment to renewable energy.

“Our wind turbines serve as a very visible reminder to the local communities that the Air Force is committed to renewable energy,” Mellin said. “They really stand out as local residents and visitors to Cape Cod cross over the Cape Cod Canal. They are directly in front of you as you cross the Sagamore Bridge. Since our two wind turbines were installed, we have had nothing but positive comments from the local community.”

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CAPE COD AIR FORCE STATION, MA. – Stephen Mellin, 6th Space Warning Squadron support officer, educates out-of-state media on the wind turbines and their mission at CCAFS Oct. 25, 2018. The turbines are not only churning energy back into the grid, but also reducing the annual budget to operate CCAFS.

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