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Vol. 66 No. 32
September 23, 2016
USAF AMMOS starts new Advanced Sortie Production Course
By Senior Airman Jake Carter U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jake Carter
99th Air Base Wing Public A airs Students and cadre of the Advanced Sortie Production Course at the U.S. Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations
School on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., pose for a group photo Sept. 13. Throughout the inaugural 12-week course, the ASPC will provide
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — graduate level instruction to develop highly skilled o cers in the art of sortie production processes at the tactical level.
For the U.S. Air Force Advanced Main-
tenance and Munitions Operations “Students are selected through a Additional requirements include four to last week, students in the rst week were
School at Nellis Air Force Base, prepar- nomination process championed by nine years’ time in service as an aircra greeted by high ranking Air Force of-
ing aircra maintenance, munitions and Air Combat Command/A4,†said De- maintenance, munitions or logistics
logistics readiness leaders for tomorrow’s Porter. “ e selection is based on their readiness o cer and a wing commander cials as well as a Harvard University
victories is their mission. performance and ability to successfully nomination.†professor.
ful ll the role as a AMMOS graduate. _________See AMMOS, on page 3
For AMMOS, a new course called the With the inaugural course beginning
Advanced Sortie Production Course,
plans to provide graduate level instruc-
tion to develop highly skilled o cers in
the art of sortie production processes at
the tactical level.
“The ASPC was created to produce
aircra maintenance, munitions and lo-
gistics readiness o cers with an advanced
level education to more e ectively solve
sortie production deficiencies within
their respective wings,†said Lt. Col. Joe
DePorter, AMMOS commandant. “ e
Air Force saw the need for ASPC as an
alternate solution to assist wing’s in meet-
ing and exceeding their aircrew training
requirements through a more e ective
and coordinated ying hour program.â€
With the 12-week course allowing 16
students to learn the best training the Air
Force has to o er in sortie production,
the selection process to attend the course
is highly competitive.
26th WPS members named AFA Gen. John P. Jumper award winners
By Senior Airman Rachel Loftis aircra crew sensor operator and pilot academics for the Sensor Operator Ad- “It’s good because, I feel I give a lot to the
categories. vanced Instructor Course and require- Air Force, and it’s incredible to see that it’s
99th Air Base Wing Public A airs ments for the syllabus, as well as coordi- come back two-fold. A lot of what I do is
Tech. Sgt. Tyler and Maj. Ryan of the nated with Air Combat Command on how just my job honestly.
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — 26th WPS were recognized with the the board/student selection process will be
Two U.S. Air Force Weapons School awards for their outstanding performance accomplished. “We fought a lot of roadblocks along
Airmen assigned to the 26th Weapons and leadership. the way, there were people out there that
Squadron were recently named the Air “ is is pretty crazy, I have never won said this course couldn’t be done. At the
Force Association Gen. John P. Jumper Tyler had a hand in many of the squad- this level of an award before,†said Tyler, _______ See WINNERS, on page 3
Award winners in the remotely piloted ron’s accomplishments; he helped create
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