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‘Mission First’ joins Team Bullseye
By 57th Maintenance Group
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — It’s an ex-
hausting and unforgiving world on the Nellis AFB
f light line.
Neither scorching 120 degrees Fahrenheit heat
nor the bone-chilling cold of a pitch black night
can stop a maintainer.
Recent news articles highlighted the resource
and manpower constraints associated with the
post-sequestration era; however, few acknowledge
what is being done to correct the situation, such as
creative restructuring of Air Force Specialty Codes,
added selective re-enlistment bonuses, increased
maintenance accessions and Total Force Integra-
tion augmentation that have all been previously
announced.
As of March 1, Air Combat Command will take
an additional step to improve 57th Maintenance
Group maintainers’ lives by implementing a new,
$305 million backshop maintenance contract.
Awarded to a company called M1 Support Ser-
vices, this new contract is a significant change from
the one currently in effect.
Aimed at returning maintainers to their primary
duties on the line, it will broaden both the scope of
maintenance and the number of positions currently
covered, including unit deployment and security
manager augmentation, as well as information tech-
nology and facility management support.
In total, the new performance work statement
should return about 50 maintainers from these and
other unearned manpower positions to their core
mission set; of turning wrenches to generate the
world’s greatest airpower.
“M1 Support Services is humbled by the selection
and honored to be a part of Team Nellis,” said Bill
Col. Richard Boutwell, 99th Air Base Wing commander, signs a proclamation that begins
the 2016 Military Saves Campaign at the Nellis Airman and Family Readiness Center, Feb.
18. The campaign is a week- long opportunity for Airmen and their families to attend
multiple courses focused on improving their financial readiness.
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Shelt, M1 Support Services president . “M1 stands servant workforce to contractors could result in
for ‘Mission 1st’, and we plan to share that focus fewer manpower positions and cost savings to the
throughout the contract workforce and manage- Air Force of $38 million per year.
ment team for the Nellis backshop maintenance
program as we begin a new era of aircraft and The backshop completes all of the intermediate
equipment maintenance support.” level maintenance on 57th Wing aircraft, including
foundational functions such as propulsion, crash
Also joining Team Nellis is the Acquisition recovery, phase inspection and fuels, just to name
Management & Integration Center — Operating a few of the 20 plus activities performed. Through
Location Delta. its execution, the contracted backshop has saved
the Air Force over $151 million.
ACC established this unit at Nellis AFB to pro-
vide dedicated oversight and program management The majority of the current workforce will stay
of the new contract, a task previously performed by in place, but will be strengthened by approximately
the 57th MXG. 100 personnel to enhance the contractor’s capacity
to support.
“AMIC brings a significant amount of experience
and expertise managing large, dynamic, service “Our plan is to bring best practices from com-
contracts and looks forward to joining the team mercial maintenance operations and implement the
here at Nellis” said Derek Plymate, AMIC Program most effective strategies across the maintenance
Manager. enterprise at Nellis AFB,” said Shelt.
The Nellis backshop maintenance functions have Col. Mark Rose, 57th MXG commander, recalls
been performed under contract since 2008, when “Transitioning over 900 active duty Airmen to
the government conducted a study to determine the contract work in 2008 was done with the best of
most efficient and cost effective way to accomplish intentions, but understandably imperfect as it was
phase inspections and backshop support. the first active duty conversion of this magnitude.
Referred to as an A-76 study, it concluded that “Now seven years later and wiser, this refined,
transitioning work from an active duty and civil second contract will give back to our active duty
force with greater contract support and more ca-
pacity for the Nellis mission, while still saving the
government well over a $100 million dollars over
the next five years.”
While initially the changes may be subtle, M1,
AMIC, and the 57th MXG are excited about the po-
tential to make significant improvements to mainte-
nance and other supported functions at Nellis AFB.
“We have an exceptional opportunity to make
Nellis AFB a model for the Air Force,” said Rose.
“And to provide the safest flyable aircraft and sound
equipment to our warfighters as we fulfill the test
and training mission for the 57th Wing.”
COMPAIGN, from page 1 ________ staff, federal and state resources wait en-
thusiastically to help class attendees and
Military Saves Week classes will take their families commit to feasible financial
place exclusively at the A&FRC, and will goals and ask that supervisors encourage
kick off with “Basic Investing” on Feb. Airmen to visit www.militarysaves.org,
22. Other courses available to commu- take the “Saver Pledge,” and the support
nity members will cover useful topics like the 2016 initiative to “Make Saving Au-
home ownership, couponing, car buying tomatic.”
and more common financial pitfalls.
For more information, contact the
Subject matter experts from the A&FRC A&FRC at 702-652-3327.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz The personal financial
goals of Airman and
Family Readiness Center
staff and visitors are
displayed in the reception
area to promote the
upcoming Military Saves
Campaign Feb. 18 at
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
Military Saves Week is an
opportunity for Airmen
and family members
to come together with
federal, state, and local
resources to establish
feasible goals and
develop good financial
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz habits.