AFLCMC commander

Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, talks briefly about his years of flying Air Force jets, the engines that powered them and the importance of what the workers do here as he joined in the celebration of the Propulsion Management Directorate stand up Oct. 10. Tinker personnel welcomed the general to the AFLCMC/LP festivities in the pavilion near Bldg. 3001 during his Oct. 9 and 10 Tinker visit. (Air Force photo by Margo Wright)

AFLCMC commander meets with base personnel at Tinker

Published Oct. 22, 2012
By Mike W. Ray
Tinker Public Affairs

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is tasked with one overriding mission: meet the warfighter's needs with effective, affordable, on-time solutions, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, commander of the AFLCMC, said during a "town hall" meeting recently at Tinker Air Force Base.

The AFLCMC was established in the reorganization of the Air Force Materiel Command. Aircraft, engines, munitions, electronics and cyber systems, "all are part of AFLCMC," General Moore related. "We manage 500 major programs" and countless smaller programs, as well, he said.

The AFLCMC is an organization of 26,000 people at 77 locations worldwide, supporting 102 nations, the general said. Tinker, Hill, Kirtland, Robins, Hanscom, Eglin and Wright-Patterson AFBs, plus Gunter Annex, are all host units that are part of AFLCMC.

"Unity of purpose, speed with discipline, trust and confidence: These are principles by which our organization is governed," General Moore said. "We are one integrated team, delivering weapon system capabilities through the life cycle."

The AFLCMC wasn't perfect from the outset, he said. "There will be adjustments as we baseline and then pursue process standardization to achieve greater levels of execution efficiency."

The AFLCMC "must build effective teams to operate as an integrated organization using 'best of breed' tools and processes," the general said. "We must think beyond geographic boundaries," he added.

Product support issues confronting the AFLCMC include:
· Developing mature, horizontally integrated, standardized product support processes;
· Training key personnel;
· Developing effective metrics to inform and guide product support.

Challenges to meeting the AFLCMC mission include fulfilling requirements "in a resource-constrained environment," and being positioned to adjust effectively to anticipated reductions.

The AFLCMC also is operating in a "rapidly changing world," the general noted. "We face growing asymmetrical threats, and need to be innovative and responsive in our delivery of integrated, cross-portfolio solutions."

General Moore emphasized that the work performed by those in the AFLCMC "affects our national security and matters to those on the battlefield."

The general is a former fighter pilot and test pilot who deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has commanded a squadron, a group and a wing, and previously he was the AFMC vice commander. General Moore has served in the Air Force for 32 years.