WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) —
The Air Force Materiel Command launched a brand new Strategic Plan outlining the methods it can work to ship the superior, built-in materiel capabilities the Air Force wants to discourage aggression and prevail in opposition to the trendy adversarial threats.
The AFMC plan instantly aligns to the seven Department of the Air Force Operational Imperatives and focuses on vital manage, practice and equip features and capabilities delivered by an built-in middle assemble throughout the materiel lifecycle.
“The AFMC mission and vision are fundamental to the Department of the Air Force’s ability to achieve critical, strategic priorities. We continue to face growing multi-domain threats posed by the People’s Republic of China and other technologically advanced adversaries, which run counter to our nation’s interests and the global balance of power,” stated Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, AFMC commander. “We develop, deliver, support and sustain war-winning capabilities to ensure our nation’s competitive advantage. To achieve this mission, our strategy will focus on increasing the organizational fitness and integration of our six centers, strengthening our workforce, and revolutionizing our processes.”
The Strategic Plan names 4 Lines of Effort underpinned by six cross-cutting attributes of velocity, power, endurance, stability, flexibility and coordination. The plan focuses on AFMC commitments to DAF priorities; assist of the warfighter; enterprise options and digital materiel administration; growth of the workforce; and innovation.
The 4 LoEs are:
1. Deliver Integrated Capabilities – Integrate analysis, growth, take a look at, sustainment, assist and infrastructure to maximise readiness and lethality for every functionality and throughout all capabilities
2. Strengthen our Team – Advance the skilled and private growth, retention, resilience and innovation of the workforce so each AFMC Airman and Guardian can obtain their full potential
3. Revolutionize our Processes – Implement Enterprise Solutions, Digital Materiel Management, and different strategies to revolutionize vital processes in assist of mission execution and the warfighter
4. Amplify Warfighting Culture – Connect each AFMC Airman and Guardian to the mission and focus the materiel enterprise on delivering capabilities and providers in assist of operational execution and deterrence
The LoEs join the AFMC mission and its individuals on to the command’s acknowledged imaginative and prescient: One AFMC — built-in, collaborative, progressive, trusted and empowered…indispensable to our nation, disruptive to our adversaries.
“Our plan is designed so that all AFMC’s talented Airmen can understand where we’re going, how we’ll get there, and why AFMC’s mission is vital to the Air Force and Space Force. All Airmen need to understand where they fit in the overall strategy and what they need to do as they embrace and amplify our warfighting culture,” Richardson stated. “This warfighting culture is critical to how we accelerate change and seek enterprise solutions to maximize readiness and lethality for the force.”
“This Strategic Plan, through its four Lines of Effort, will guide AFMC to ensure continued success against the pacing challenges of the PRC and other challengers, across the ever-evolving continuum of conflict,” Richardson stated. “Our nation and our Department of the Air Force rely on us to deliver war-winning capabilities and the power projection to deter our adversaries. By working as ‘One AFMC,’ we can power the world’s greatest Air Force to fly, fight and win…airpower, anytime, anywhere.”
