The Air Force has embarked on a one-year test at Tinker AFB, Okla., to manage civilian personnel staffing from the Air Force Personnel Center in San Antonio. Tinker, as home to one of USAF’s three Air Logistics Centers, has a large civilian workforce, making it an ideal guinea pig. The Air Force Audit Agency will measure AFPC’s timeliness and ability to provide good customer service. Driving the effort is BRAC 2005, which directed the Air Force to consolidate some personnel services at AFPC.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.