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AF chief of staff Quarterly
releases 2016 reading list award winners
The Air Force chief of staff published his 2016 professional read- of his life.”
ing list May 13. A TED Talk on this year’s list, given by cultural innovator Vern? announced

“This year’s reading list addresses every Airman on our total Myers, is a compelling presentation about unconscious bias. The award winners for the first quarter of 2016 (January
force team,” said Gen. Mark A. Welsh III. “The profession of arms, “With thoughtful leadership, General Welsh has put together a through march) were announced May 5 during a ceremony at
Air Force heritage, and developing Airmen are topics that apply to the Edwards Base Theater.
all of us.” powerful list of diverse content that will challenge each Airman
to expand her or his worldview,” Myers said. “With this valuable The winners are:
This year’s list contains books, TED Talks, a film, work from Air information, Airmen will be equipped to break down stereotypes, to
Force photojournalists, journals, and, for the first time, military- understand the life experience of people different from themselves, Airman: SrA. Aireannah Haga, 412th Medical Group
themed blogs. and to foster a more inclusive, fair and high-performing Air Force. NCO: TSgt. Kenneth Bracely II, 412th Test Wing Inspector
I’m honored to be part of this important list.” General
One of this year’s books recommended by Chief Master Sgt. of Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Brian Knox, 412th Maintenance
the Air Force James A. Cody, “At All Costs,” was written by Air Print selections of the books will be arriving in base libraries in Group
Force reservist CMSgt. Matt Proietti. the coming weeks, but airmen can find many of the works avail- CGOC: Capt. Scott Baker, 412th Medical Group
able electronically through Air Force Libraries’ OverDrive system. Field Grade Officer: Maj. Jason Knudeson, 412th Test Wing
“I’m delighted the book was included in the reading list because Chapel
it means more people will hear about Chief (Master Sgt. Richard) The complete 2016 reading list can be found by visiting http:// Domitory: SrA. Cameron Farrell, 412th Civil Engineer
Etchberger’s life,” Proietti said. “He was a remarkable GI, one wor- static.dma.mil/usaf/csafreadinglist/index.html. Group
thy of emulation well before he performed heroic actions at the end Honor Guard: SSgt. Max Jeng, 412th MXG
Supervision/Management: Wendy McCollum, 412th MSG
F-35, from 11 program’s maintenance framework called ALIS (Autonomic Scientific/Engineering: Julio Alvarez, 412th Operations
Logistics Information System). Group
public air show complete with the new F-35s. Technician: Dante Parker, 412th MSG
Leading up to this deployment has been no small task The RNLAF colonel says after all the coordination, certifi- Trades and Labor: Robert Celaya, 412th OG
cations and “creative thinking and modeling,” they’re finally Secretarial/Clerical: Sonia Contreras, 412th MDG
according to de Smit. Along with the intense planning and ready to take their planes home. Staff/Specialist/Analyst: Doug Harness, 412th MSG
coordination, KDC-10 certification flights were conducted Program Manager: Michael Warren, 412th CEG
earlier this year to ensure the Dutch F-35s were cleared to “I think we’re looking pretty good. Now it’s really the Team: 412th Electronic Warfare Group Site Support Division
mid-air refuel. Additionally, de Smit said an information packing up, making sure everything gets on the airplanes. Volunteer: SrA. Ernest Vang, 412th MSG
technology link had to be established so they can commu- And obviously we have to have two good airplanes to take
nicate back with the test force at Edwards AFB. It was a with us so our maintenance guys have been working really
challenge because the Netherlands IT infrastructure differs hard to make sure the planes are good to go,” said de Smit.
from that of the U.S.
The Dutch F-35 OT Detachment at Edwards is part of a
“We needed to have an IT connection with Edwards, and collective test operation with the U.S. Air Force, Navy and
to put that architecture up has been an interesting endeavor,” Marines, United Kingdom and Australia. The lessons learned
he said. will be shared across the board from the deployment.

The Dutch OT detachment will send test data back to
Edwards and process maintenance items through the F-35

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