For two straight years, the Air Force’s three air logistics centers have exceeded their aircraft production goal and met engine production goals – helping put hardware on the front lines where it’s needed. According to AFMC statistics for FY 2005, the overall on-time delivery rate for aircraft rose to 96 percent, a new record, with logistics personnel producing 1,152 aircraft. For aircraft produced in-house at AFMC facilities, the on-time production rate jumped to 99.2 percent, with contract workers improving their on-time rates from 76.8 percent in 2004 to 89.9 percent in 2005.
Air Force Chief of Staff Kenneth S. Wilsbach is allowing Airmen to wear unit pride T-shirts on Fridays and aircrew to wear nametags with their callsigns daily. The morale-boosting gesture is one of his first official acts as Chief and comes at a time when the Pentagon is cracking down…
