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.
The Air Force ramped up operations and maintenance spending to keep its F-35A fighters flying over the past six years, but readiness continues to lag behind goals, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.