A new initiative in the F-16 Division co-located at Hill AFB, Utah and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, called the Harmony Council, was created to expand perspectives of members to see life experiences unlike their own.  Col. Tim Bailey, F-16 Division chief, Vince Lewis, F-16 Deputy Program Manager for Nuclear Matters and Rosmarie Edwards, F-16 Avionics Engineer, all are involved with the Harmony Council and described their experiences during a recent episode of AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast.

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Episode 71: Harmony Council continues conversation

As the COVID pandemic continues to rage, personnel in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center can expect continued reliance on telework where mission execution allows.  Sherri Artuso, AFLCMC Director of Personnel, Jennifer Bauer, Chief of Personnel Programs Division and Angie Benito, Personnel Program Division Telework lead, joined for an episode of AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast to help foster better understanding of the center’s telework policy.

Episode 70: Telework policy clarifies rules

You might say the Air Transportability Test Loading Activity, or ATTLA, is a small office with a global reach.  The small group of nine located in the AFLCMC Engineering Directorate is responsible for what we call certifying unusual or problematic cargo. In short, nothing flies on Air Force aircraft unless this team has done an assessment and published detailed instructions loading, positioning, securing, etc.

Episode 69: Office ensures safe cargo from point A to B

AFLCMC is seeking top talent to fill critical roles across the AFLCMC software enterprise! Interested candidates are invited to participate in a Zoom Live Q&A with experts on Jan. 5 from 4:30 to 5:30 Eastern Time at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sdeCgrDIjGtZVlrmZDdB8zu_dNJqKvUaf?fbclid=IwAR39PkJFpXaF3fvkELGJBQiQ_huUdYM1peik2W28QPNiC3wtrNLX5C2e5cU

Episode 68: Air Force seeking tech talent at software hiring event

The KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Sustainment Team completed its first year of organic 1C-Checks at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma producing 23 of 23 aircraft ahead of Depot schedule. Col. Leigh Ottati, KC-46 Division Chief and Jody LeBlanc, Depot Activation and Sustainment team lead, joined for an episode of AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast to share their experiences in launching this sustainment effort.

Episode 67: Pegasus maintainers off to strong start

Enlisted Professional Military Education courses use guided discussions to educate, develop and inspire enlisted leaders.  The courses are designed to let students share experiences, ideas and work together to achieve various educational objectives, according to the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education. Recent graduates from the three primary courses, Airman Leadership School (E-4, E-5), NCO Academy (E-6) and Senior NCO Academy (E-7, E-8), joined for an episode of AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast to share their PME experiences.

Episode 65: Enlisted PME builds knowledge, professionalism

A partnership between AFLCMC’s Propulsion Directorate and the Rapid Sustainment Office is realizing the promise of additive manufacturing by producing real engine parts for real jets.

Episode 64: RSO, Propulsion partnership yields results

Col. Pat Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson AFB Installation Commander and his counterpart at Hanscom AFB in Massachusetts, 66th Air Base Group Commander Col. Katrina Stephens, shared their experiences as Installation Commanders during a recent episode of AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast.

Episode 63: Commanders lead bases during pandemic

Returning to the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate a decade later, Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey admitted it felt a bit surreal walking back in the building and into the Boss’s – now his – office.   Cropsey served as the Materiel Leader in the Pacific/South East Asia/Americas Branch from August 2011 to July 2013.  Last month, he returned as the AFSAC Director.

Episode 60: New AFSAC Director looks to ‘Unleash Talent’ across the Security Cooperation Enterprise

The Air Force Security and Assistance Cooperation Directorate manages all foreign military sales for the Air Force.  It uses Command Country Managers assigned to international partner nations to help them successfully interact with the US Government. Three command country managers recently had a discussion of their experiences on AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast.  They were: - John Harrington supporting Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Brunei, East Timor, Palau and Royal Marshall Islands;    - Mary Koogler supporting Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Eastern Carribbean, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay; - 1st Lt Lucas Tung supporting Italy and Norway.

Episode 66: Country managers provide targeted support

Welcome back for another episode of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Leadership Log podcast. It's our 50th episode and we’re going to mark this milestone by talking about one of the oldest platforms in the Air Force’s inventory, the B-52 Stratofortress otherwise known as the BUFF. For more than 60 years the BUFF has been an icon of global reach and central to the Air Force’s ability to project power anywhere, anytime. And that doesn’t appear likely to change anytime soon. Col. Lou Ruscetta leads the AFLCMC B-52 System Program Office which is located at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Ruscetta explains the BUFF’s history since it was first acquired in 1947. The Big Ugly Fat Fella started flying in 1952 and the Air Force acquired the last airframe in 1962 and it has been a mainstay in the Air Force's bomber arsenal ever since. The BUFF is projected to be the Air Force’s 1st-century platform with plans to fly it well into the 2050s. One of the reasons I became interested in joining the Air Force was hearing stories that my Uncle told about crewing BUFFs during Vietnam. We'd love to hear any of your experiences with the BUFF over the years. Thank you for coming along on this ride with us. We hope that you’ve enjoyed the first 50 episodes of the Leadership Log podcast. We’re lining up some great topics to bring to you in future episodes so we really hope you’ll stay with us. If you haven’t already done so, then please consider subscribing to this series, and don’t forget to follow and like us on our social media platforms. For more information on all things Air Force Life Cycle Management Center related please visit and bookmark our website at www.aflcmc.af.mil. If you have an idea for a future episode on a topic that would interest the Life Cycle Management Center family shoot us an email at aflcmc.pa.mediateam@us.af.mil. Until next time---stay strong, stay safe, and keep providing what warfighters need when they need it. For more information on all things related to AFLCMC visit our website at: https://www.aflcmc.af.mil. Follow and like us on our social media channels for the latest information and news from programs across the center. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/aflcmcofficial Twitter: @AFLCMCofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFLCMCofficial Instagram: @aflcmcofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpbkmBDlq05aBqPYvcze3A History Office Twitter: @airpowercradle

Episode 50: Getting to know the BUFF

AFLCMC's Rapid Sustainment Office went from a mere concept to a full out sprint in just a few short years, and has been leading the way in solving enterprise-wide sustainment issues across the Air Force inventory. RSO's military deputy program executive officer Col. Nicole "RL" Ruff-Lehman, started her career working sustainment problems for the bomber fleet. Since that beginning, she has had a multitude of experiences making her uniquely qualified to help lead the RSO effort. Ruff-Lehman walks us through the RSO's "art of the possible" vision for the future of sustainment. She explains how her organization is helping to reduce costs and increase readiness across the enterprise, helping to ensure that the world's most advanced Air Force stays that way. If you haven’t already done so, then please consider subscribing to this series and don’t forget to follow and like us on our social media platforms. For more information on all things Air Force Life Cycle Management Center related please visit and bookmark our website at www.aflcmc.af.mil. If you have an idea for a future episode on a topic that would interest the Life Cycle Management Center family shoot us an email at aflcmc.pa.mediateam@us.af.mil. For more information on all things related to AFLCMC visit our website at: https://www.aflcmc.af.mil. Follow and like us on our social media channels for the latest information and news from programs across the center. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/aflcmcofficial Twitter: @AFLCMCofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFLCMCofficial Instagram: @aflcmcofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpbkmBDlq05aBqPYvcze3A History Office Twitter: @airpowercradle

Episode 48: Meet the RSO's military deputy program executive officer Col. Nicole "RL" Ruff-Lehman

Lansen Conley is the director of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Logistics Directorate. In this episode, he talks us through what to expect during the upcoming 3rd annual Product Support Manager, or PSM, Forum. The forum's theme this year is "Advancing Logistics, Digitizing Sustainment and Modernizing Product Support." Like last year, the three-day event will be on zoom .gov and runs from June 22nd to the 24th. The focus of this year’s event is to foster communication and interaction across all Air Force PSMs, ensuring their individual and collective success. Day one will focus on a strategic outlook to logistics featuring a keynote address by the F-35 Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Eric Fick. Day two will take a look at product support as a whole and features a past forum favorite being a PEO panel discussion. And day three takes a look at the technical aspects of product support management and features a keynote address by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander Lt. Gen. Shaun Morris. Registration is now open, so don't wait to get scheduled. You can RSVP at https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=588308&k=07694A0A7B5F. Questions can be directed to Kristen Foran (kristen.foran@us.af.mil, Cell: 937-760-2190) and Jeffrey Blackburn (jeffrey.blackburn.1@us.af.mil, Cell: 937-572-5112). For more information on all things related to AFLCMC visit our website at: https://www.aflcmc.af.mil. Follow and like us on our social media channels for the latest information and news from programs across the center. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/aflcmcofficial Twitter: @AFLCMCofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFLCMCofficial Instagram: @aflcmcofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpbkmBDlq05aBqPYvcze3A History Office Twitter: @airpowercradle

Episode 45_ Introducing the 3rd Annual AFLCMC Product Support Manager Forum

At what is officially known as the Air Force Packaging, Technology, and Engineering Facility, but better known as the packaging lab, a team of 16 AFLCMC members made up of engineers, designers, crafts, and acquisition professionals, develop, investigate, test, and evaluate specialized materials, containers, and techniques in order to safely move and protect Air Force equipment wherever it’s needed. This specialized team, led by Joel Sullivan, doesn't build wooden pallets or fiberboard boxes. They design and build specialized containers meant to protect whatever they put inside of it, in adverse movement and sustainment conditions, for a very long time. The packaging lab team considers what they do as an investment in the life span and sustainment of Air Force assets and work hard every day to realize overall cost savings for the programs they serve. For more information on all things related to AFLCMC visit our website at: https://www.aflcmc.af.mil. Follow and like us on our social media channels for the latest information and news from programs across the center. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/aflcmcofficial Twitter: @AFLCMCofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFLCMCofficial Instagram: @aflcmcofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpbkmBDlq05aBqPYvcze3A History Office Twitter: @airpowercradle

Episode 44: The Air Force Packaging Lab: working hard to build a better box

In this discussion, we talk with Luke Schultz who is AFLCMC’s small business program office director. Schultz walks us through how his team of 14 small business professionals is working to support the warfighter by encouraging program offices to seek and consider small businesses when they are developing their acquisition strategies. Schultz brings a deep level of experience to the job from his years of work in contracting and cost analysis and is uniquely qualified to provide advice and counsel on both sides of the negotiating table, helping to secure opportunities for small business owners throughout the country. Schultz explains that his team runs a wide spectrum of engagement activities so all parties are aware of what the others can offer, such as mentoring small businesses on how to interpret contracting requirements, advising program offices when small businesses are available options, and learning from the Small Business Administration when companies are interested in Air Force partnerships. For more information on all things related to AFLCMC visit our website at: https://www.aflcmc.af.mil. Follow and like us on our social media channels for the latest information and news from programs across the center. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/aflcmcofficial Twitter: @AFLCMCofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFLCMCofficial Instagram: @aflcmcofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpbkmBDlq05aBqPYvcze3A History Office Twitter: @airpowercradle

Episode 42: meet AFLCMC's small business program office

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