Secure the right workload: first goal of OC-ALC Strategic Plan

Published April 25, 2008
By Brandice J. Armstrong
Tinker Public Affairs

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE -- Major Gen. Loren Reno said it's about "excellence for today, relevance for tomorrow."
   The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander and several center senior officials recently signed the OC-ALC Strategic Plan. Designed to map the center's future ambitions for success and the means to achieve it, the plan is outlined in five goals.
   "The number one strategic goal is to secure the right workload," General Reno said. "If we do that by creating a lean and transformed center, and better developed people, then we will be competitive to secure new workload and right workload. In fact we're going after that now."
   As budget cuts and force shaping become Air Force realities, protecting future endeavors and preparing for change is key. Some workloads will dissipate due to the retirement of weapon systems or engines. Other weapons systems will become more efficient and will need less frequent maintenance.
   To prepare for such changes, General Reno said OC-ALC will pursue workloads associated with new weapons systems including the KC-45, an air refueling tanker, and engine workloads associated with fighter aircraft F-22 and strike fighter F-35.
   The general said OC-ALC will also target workloads from recently closed installations, and workloads that other air logistic centers have given to commercial sources.
   "It's essential we build our strategic plan that takes into account the reality of today and tomorrow," General Reno said.
   Col. Evan Miller, OC-ALC Plans and Programs director, who helped outline the first goal, agreed.
   "It's not about trying to get any kind of workload that exists from a depot maintenance perspective, it's about trying to find ways to get workloads that are appropriate to the center and our capabilities and best support the Air Force," he said.
   General Reno said when all of the objectives of the strategic plan are realized, the OC-ALC will operate with better organization and purpose. The remaining goals are to lean/transform the center, lead aircraft availability improvement program achievement, improve OC-ALC operations through the Defense Logistics Agency and the Air Force Global Logistics Support Agency and develop people ... better.
   "When you look at the five goals, it is easy to forget what the first one was when you're reading the fourth one or the fifth one," General Reno said. "I think if you look at all five of the goals and you read the smaller print, the supporting logic in the plan, you will see that our strategic plan is all about excellence for today and relevance for tomorrow."