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OC-ALC, AFGLSC working together to better serve the warfighter

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  • By Brandice J. O'Brien
  • Tinker Public Affairs
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --  The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and Air Force Global Logistics Support Center are onto something and it could be brilliant.

Approximately 500 personnel between the two organizations will physically relocate within Bldg. 3001 to sit side by side, yet still belong to their respective units. Officials said the move will allow personnel to bond, develop camaraderie and better execute the engine mission.

"It won't be the kind of thing where they have to throw the information over the organizational boundary and that's it," said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Salter, OC-ALC Propulsion Sustainment Directorate deputy chief. "They can talk to each other, see where shortfalls are happening and respond more rapidly to those shortfalls."

Maj. Kevin Nalette, 421st Supply Chain Management Squadron Commander of Propulsion Requirements, agreed.

"I think we're going to see speed and synergy," he said. "It will be one of the bigger impacts when they no longer have to schedule an official meeting to discuss the way ahead, they can decide right there in an office environment."

Spearheaded by Maj. Gens. David Gillett and Gary McCoy, commanders of the OC-ALC and AFGLSC, respectively, the idea was designed to improve communication between the program office and supply chain manager.

Prior to the change, personnel were spread out in administrative areas up and downstairs between doors F and J of Bldg. 3001, reporting to different chains of command.

As a result, communication between the organizations was hindered and ultimately, the warfighter suffered. Parts weren't delivered on time, flow days were higher than expected, and the entire engine fleet wasn't always mission capable.

With the move, personnel will be divided into teams based on the engine type, model and series number and seated together.

There are four critical engines, which the OC-ALC and AFGLSC oversee. They include the F108, F100, F101 and TF34. The engines power the KC-135R Stratotanker, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-15 Eagle, B-1B Lancer, and A-10 Thunderbolt II, respectively.

Colonel Salter said success will be determined by the necessary parts reaching the 76th Maintenance Wing by the assembly date, and the wing producing the target number of war-ready engines available. Metrics will be charted regularly.