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OC-ALC commander gives State of ALC address Feb. 21

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  • By Brandice J. Armstrong
  • Tinker Public Affairs
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE --  Maj. Gen. Loren Reno, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander, spoke about the state of the ALC Feb. 21. Some 200 senior military and civilian leaders attended his briefing during a Tinker Management Association luncheon at the Tinker Club.
   The general's speech focused on the wings - 72nd Air Base Wing, the 76th Maintenance Wing, 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and 448th Combat Sustainment Wing - and supporting staff and home offices' accomplishments, his focus areas and strategic goals.
   "This ALC is healthy, we're focused on the right things and we are getting better," General Reno said. "My vision for this center is not that we just come to work or that we do a job, but we become the world's logistics provider of choice.
   "I see this already," the general continued, "I see people beating a path to our door to see how we do things and I see the high caliber of our people as I see the awards that we win."
   In the past year, the general said Tinker's ALC accomplished several feats. The four wings, staff and home offices won numerous awards and achieved wing-related goals.
   Among them, General Reno said the 72nd ABW signed a management/labor agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees Local 916 and a mentorship agreement with Xerox. Tinker is the first base to sign a mentorship agreement.
   The 76th Maintenance Wing delivered 20 tanker aircraft on-time and 25 were delivered early, and flow days were reduced to 175 days from 179.
   The 327th ASW recovered a B-1 after an in-flight emergency in Afghanistan and made temporary repairs that enabled the aircraft to fly to the United Kingdom using only three engines.
   General Reno said in addition to preparing for reorganization to the Global Logistics Support Center, the 448th CSW achieved 17 percent reduction in mission capable hours from October 2006 to September 2007. The achievement, to 489,000 MICAP hours, is 16 percent below the fiscal year 2007 goal of 583,000 MICAP hours.
   The staff and home office achieved equal feats, including Information Technology's e-mail migration, which moved more than 30,000 accounts in three weeks, with only six hours of downtime, the general said.
   Among his strategic goals, the general said, is ensuring money is wisely spent, and the ALC at the top of its game.
   "When I give my dollar's worth of business, I expect 100 cents of value back and I ask you to demand the same," the general said. "We are tough customers to our suppliers - nonprofits, Fortune 500s. You know the logos, you know the people. They work with us, they work for us, let's make sure we get them what they need."
   Overall, General Reno said he focuses on supporting the warfighter, stewardship, suppliers, safety and quality, and the ALC team. Maintaining strong community ties, leaning processes and developing people are also on his priority list.
   "These are the things I focus on every day," General Reno said as he quoted Gen. Carl Andrew "Tooey" Spaatz, the first Chief of Staff of the Air Force. "We better be prepared to dominate the skies above the surface of the earth or be prepared to be buried beneath it."