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4 Identifying Opportunities for USAF to Gain Greater Access to Sustainment Expertise
4 Identifying Opportunities for USAF to Gain Greater Access to Sustainment Expertise
Pages 38-46
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restructured from 12 centers to 5, to include the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Air Force Sustainment Center.1 The reorganization was intended to unify efforts and standardize processes across the Air Force acquisition and sustainment enter rise. In 2014, p the Air Force established a Senior Executive Service (SES)
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who are not geographically co-located with their respective PMOs are challenged to engage early in program development and throughout the program's life cycle. Moreover, a lack of quali fied workforce proficient in product support and logistics hampers the Air Force's ability to effectively execute sustainment planning across the enterprise.
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In simple terms, there are two ways to foment technical expertise: acquire or grow. The Air Force's organic sustainment workforce consists primarily of long term former military and career civilian personnel.
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This best practice promotes sustainment expertise and incentivizes modernization from which the Air Force can benefit. In considering commercial best practices from which the Air Force could p otentially adopt, the study committee consulted a preliminary Government Account bility Office (GAO)
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The curriculum should highlight industry best practices and case studies that demonstrate for example, how to incorporate advanced technology into new pro grams during the design phase, as well as applying it to programs in production, and explaining their relevancy toward Air Force sustainment planning. This will encourage future generations of PSMs and sustainment professionals to introduce and adopt innovative solutions across the Air Force enterprise.
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Guidance documents and policies should emphasize the importance of seeking evidence, closely examining rationale and assumptions, analyzing the applicability of introducing innovative technologies and efficient processes, and planning and managing their adoption across the Air Force enterprise. Air Force PSMs should also consider adopting appropriate methods to gather and assesses data and perfor BOX 4.2 Critical Thinking Example The Combat Rescue Helicopter Milestone B Life Cycle Sustainment Plan simply lists an 83 percent availability (Ao)
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is an encour aging step in addressing sustainment of aging fleets in a way that is both efficient and cost effective. According to former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, one of the goals of the RSO is to "leverage agile manufacturing and reform legacy
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Many of the recommendations made throughout the report address specific areas of Air Force sustainment; these recommendations, when taken as a whole, can produce positive improvements in operational effectiveness, cost efficiency, and systems reliability, maintainability, and availability. As mentioned in Chapter 1, the key to achieving successful sustainment outcomes is to recognize that sustain ment is a critical part of the requirements formulation and design processes.
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