Feb. 20, 2009 Missileer 3


Applicants sought for First-Term

Airman Course NCOIC position


Plans made for new museum
Air Force Space & Missile Museum Foundation Chairman Greg Pavlovich,
Museum Director Emily Perry, and Foundation Vice-Chairman Gregg Billman
watch as Brig. Gen. Edward Bolton, Jr., 45th Space Wing commander, signs
paperwork authorizing Facility #90328 at the South Gate of Cape Canaveral
AFS for use as a museum at Hangar R on CCAFS Feb. 12. Repairs are expected
to start soon with an opening date later this year. The building will be acces-
sible to the general public.


45th Force Support
 Squadron Staff
 Report
 The 45th Force
Support Squadron is
seeking applicants for
the position of NCOIC,
First Term Airman
Course |I'A\t
 Desired appli
calns are Staff arld
Technical Sergeants.
14'= ,. *i eis ,illi Ii', ncluude
providing a stnuctured
program to bulkd (on
basic supervisory and
leadership skills, rein-
forcing and augment-
ing the lessons Airmen
learn tiI Basic Military
Training and technical
school. Applicants must
le dedicated to mentor
ing. demonstrate core
values, and serve as a
positive role model, 1ie/
she will be responsible
for the day to day oper
attons of the FTAC and


managing the activities
of all assigned Airmen.
He/she will coordtnale
will base agencies and
units in Ihe development
of a training schedule.
 Candidates cannot
Ix in an overseas timbal-
ance or chroni crti
cal shortage Air Force
specially. A (Coninunity
College of the Air Force
degree and prior qualifl-
cation In any Air Force
Specialty Code al the 5-
skill level are required.
 Packages must in-
clude: a letter of ree-
ommlendation from your
unit commander, a tar-
geted milit.ary resume.
a one-page biography,
copies of your last fve
Ellisted Performance
Reviews, a Record
Review RIP (obtainable
froni the Commander's
Support Staff or
Virtual MPF). your PT


Ei ,-ii- rl,,ll < I ll d,\lr l, i ']liv
of the results) and an
AF Form 422 r,.I., tli.
currently physical proflle
and other medical con-
ditions.
 On)ce applications are
received. Interviews will
he scheduled.
 Tour Iilniili is a I
year controlled lour with
an option for a one year
extension. The selected
must report by July 1.
 If you'd like to be
considered for the posi-
tion, please forward
your request. through
your chain of command
to Senior Master 'I,
larry Strong. lie cani
he contacted at 494-
4547. As with any spe-
cial duty, release from
your current specialty Is
required IIr..iich your
MAJCOM career field
manager.


AFTAC's Logistics Division named best for 2008


 By Master Sgt. Patrick Murphy
 AFTAC Pi.rl, \timr-
 The Air Force Teclinlcal Applications
Center's 1, 1 -II l Division has been selected
as the Air Force Intelligence. Stureillance and
Reconnaissance Agency's L, t-iiJ -l'- Readiness
Squadron of thie Year for 2008.
 "We're all very proud of the accomplishlmenlts
ol AFTAC's la il-l h Division." said AFTAC Vice
Commander Col. Donna Rogers. "This is a hard
working group 1'1% lit ll' ith enabled AFTAC's
worldwide mission on all seven continents to
ensure 24/7 global nuclear treaty monitoring
operations."
 In direct support of AFTAC's mission, the
I ,..l-i-1."- Division developed and executed a
strategy to account for Center assets that result
ed in 100 percent accountability at 135 locations
worldwide. This strategy guided the supply see-
Lion to a 99 percent inventory accuracy rate and
contributed to a 98.9 percent seismic mission


v',I..,pAii v rate.
 The division provided Ineliculous logistics sup-
port for international leclmologlctal 1 iii ll.rni -
efforts for weapons of mass destruction detec
lion and analysis. It secured transit for 1,000
time sensitive samples from eight operations
areas sli il p 'rlln four combatant commands to
a continental U.S. laboratory while mi., 1111i a
strict Joint Chiefs of Staff directed timeline. Also
it distributed 1.700 priority nuclear samples to
five laboratories while ni-' lllt a critical 24 hour
delivery requirement due to the half life of radio-
isolopes in the samples.
 The division's Innovatlve managers Identitled
a logistics asssiessnt deficiency and designed
a toot to measure manpower, resources and
requirements l0 support logistics operations.
I I 1 developed and initiated guidelines to track
item purchases and procurement to provide
cradle to grave accounltabltly, and they created
and executed a three-phase I nisli ss readiness


Implementation plan for supply, transportation
and n ni h r.il .1i'
 Entrenched in the local counrm ity, I he
division's I'11. Lil of life programs Inchdlled vol-
unteerism and inlllndIr.ili: Division mnemnlrs
served as sports coaches, adjunct professors.
Special I ll-in ii s, coordinators and Habitat for
IIIII .IIiI \ supporters. They raised m ore thIan
85.500 toward unit and community morale and
welfare events. Including donating more than 20
hours and 83.500 In support of the booster club
for the Satellite Beach iflgh School soccer team.
the Florida state runner up.
 "AFTAC can take great pride in Its accom
plishinents which led to this nomtinatlon," said
Col. Rickey Bennetl, director of Air Force ISR
Agency's I. gCl 1. -. Installations mid Mission
Support Directorate. "Thc Air Force ISR Agency
commends AFTAC. and we wish them continued
success and the best of luck at tle Air Force
level coupelt lion."


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