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AFMC commander talks resilience, future of command
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Edwards AFB, Calif.
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, com-
mander of Air Force Materiel Com-
mand, emphasized her expectations
and the command’s priorities in a com-
mander’s call at the Edwards Air Force
Base [Calif.] base theater June 19.
“I can’t tell you how happy I am to
be here. First of all, to be named the
AFMC commander and have the op-
portunity to lead such a great and im-
portant command is a dream come true.
And, second, to have the opportunity to
be associated again with Edwards Air
Force Base,” said Pawlikowski.
In expressing her appreciation for
her new role as AFMC commander, the
general spoke about her background
and the importance of being and need-
ing a wingman, especially after the
passing of her husband and sister in
October 2010.
“Being a wingman is not just being a
wingman when someone is in trouble,
but it comes every day. Simply taking
the time to understand who the Air-
man next to you is becomes critically
important because you just don’t know
when somebody in your organization
is going to need a wingman,” Paw-
likowski said.
“In October 2010, I needed a wing-
man. It was not an experience that I
thought I would go through and there
was a wingman/friend/wingwoman
that stood up in that time. For that
next month, there was hardly a day that
went by that I didn’t hear from her,”
she said. “Well, I’m here today and I
can tell you it’s because of her and my
Air Force family that I made it through
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While providing an overview of the
Air Force core missions, Pawlikowski and matured their development right the Air Force.
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role in global operations and the cur- the Air Force Life Cycle Management year and a half ago, issued a new Air ture of respect and resiliency.
rent world environment as it relates to Center; sustained them through the Force strategy and the major focus of “I want my Air Force family to be Pilot School.
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The Boeing board of directors has
elected Dennis A. Muilenburg the com-
pany’s 10th chief executive, succeeding
W. James (Jim) McNerney, Jr., who
held the position for the past 10 years.
Muilenburg, who has served as Boe-
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since 2013, becomes president and CEO
July 1.
McNerney, who joined Boeing’s
board of directors in 2001, continues
as its chairman. To ensure a smooth
transition of his CEO responsibilities to
Muilenburg, he will continue working
as a company employee until retiring
at the end of February 2016, and con-
tinue advocating on issues important
to Boeing’s U.S. and global customers,
partners and stakeholders, including on-
going Washington, D.C., engagement.
Kenneth M. Duberstein, Boeing’s in-
dependent lead director, continues in
that capacity, and Muilenburg has been
elected a member of the board.
“Dennis is an extremely capable, ex-
perienced and respected leader with an
immense passion for our company, our
people, and our products and services,”
said McNerney, who made priorities
of succession planning and leadership
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operations and the current world environment in relation to AFMC.
AFMC.
“All those missions cannot be done
without AFMC, and we cannot meet
this vision that’s presented by the
chief and secretary of the Air Force
without AFMC stepping up,” said
Pawlikowski. “We cannot send F-22s
into combat if we haven’t leveraged
new technologies that came out of the
Air Force Research Laboratory; tested
development at the outset of his tenure.
“As CEO, Dennis will bring a rich com-
bination of management skills, customer
focus, business and engineering acu-
men, a can-do spirit and the will to win. billion Commercial Airplanes unit and
With a deep appreciation of our past ac-
complishments, and the energy and skill
to lead our very talented Boeing team
into its second century,” he added.
Muilenburg, 51, is a 30-year com-
pany veteran. Along with Boeing Com-
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Air Force Sustainment Center, with
the backdrop being our nuclear deter-
rent. Finally, our newest center, the Air
Force Installation and Mission Support
Center makes it all happen to ensure
our bases and families are secure and
our infrastructure is agile.”
The general then focused on the
AFMC priority of executing Agile
Combat Support as an enterprise across
mercial Airplanes President and CEO
Raymond L. Conner, he also has served
since 2013 as company vice chairman.
Conner, 60, remains in charge of the $60
will serve as sole company vice chair-
man, where he will continue working
porate processes and integrating cross-
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“The opportunity to lead the people
of Boeing in service to our commer-
cial and government customers is a
tremendous honor and responsibility,”
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nancially strong and well positioned in
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skills, capabilities and experience —
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engage and inspire employees, deliver
innovation that drives customer success,
and produce results to fuel future growth
and prosperity for all our stakeholders.”
On behalf of the company’s board of
directors, Duberstein saluted both Mui-
lenburg and McNerney. “We have high
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guished his career by taking on tough
a place where people feel safe to live,
to work, where people respect each
other and where every member of
our Air Force family can accomplish
things that are absolutely at the limit
of their abilities regardless of who they
Air Force photograph by Jet Fabara are, regardless of their gender or their
Air Force specialty code,” said Paw-
likowski.
During the latter portion of the brief-
ing, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner,
that Air Force strategy is something the AFMC command chief, discussed the
secretary calls ‘strategic agility.’ When new Enlisted Evaluation System.
you look at that dynamic environment
we talked about and look at how the Pawlikowski concluded by thanking
Air Force is being called to shift from the workforce for its many contribu-
one place to the other ... agility is just tions to AFMC’s success.
so much more important to our Air
Force than ever before,” Pawlikowski “In almost every commander’s call
said. that I’ve done for the last 10 years,
I’ve ended with these final words:
In addition to that, Pawlikowski thank you because of what you do
every day. There are soldiers, airmen,
Marines, sailors, and Coast Guards-
men that are coming home today,”
added Pawlikowski. “So even when
you think what you do is not going to
matter, it matters, particularly for you
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our Airmen have on the systems that
we give them.”
During her two-day visit, the general
toured the Air Force Test Center, 412th
Test Wing and AFRL Detachment 7.
During the second day, Pawlikowski
met with Edwards Airmen at the dining
facility and participated in an immer-
sion demonstration of the installation’s
law enforcement activities, like an ac-
tive shooter response scenario.
Her visit then continued with a live
demonstration by the 412th Civil Engi-
neer Group’s Explosive Ordnance Dis-
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challenges and delivering results,” said and earnings per share tripled over the
Duberstein. “In a decade as CEO, Jim period, also to record levels.
restored the vitality, focus and reputa-
tion of a storied American company, In his most recent role, Muilenburg
and we thank him for his extraordinary shared with McNerney oversight of
leadership and congratulate him on his day-to-day business operations with
success,” he said. a focus on the company’s growth and
productivity initiatives, key customer re-
McNerney, 65, was elected Boeing lationships and leadership-development
programs. Prior to that he served since
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the company recaptured the global lead Defense Space & Security, the compa-
in commercial airplane deliveries with ny’s $31 billion, 53,000-person business
steady increases in production and a unit headquartered in St. Louis. Previ-
comprehensive update of its product ously, he was president of the unit’s
Global Services & Support business,
defense markets despite a downturn and before that, he led Boeing’s Combat
in U.S. military spending; restored Systems division.
spaceflight with major new program Muilenburg joined Boeing’s engi-
wins; and expanded its engineering and neering ranks as an intern in Seattle in
1985. He earned a bachelor’s degree in
side the United States. aerospace engineering from Iowa State
University and a master’s in aeronautics
Also, with a relentless focus on in- and astronautics from the University of
ternal productivity to fund investments Washington. He held numerous program
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nancial performance steadily improved of increasing responsibility early in his
under McNerney, with revenue rising career, including on the company’s High
73 percent to a record $90.8 billion last Speed Civil Transport, F-22, Airborne
Laser and Condor reconnaissance air-
year before he became CEO. Backlog craft.
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