Development of an Effectiveness Planning and Evaluation Model for Air Force Maintenance Organizations
Development of an Effectiveness Planning and Evaluation Model for Air Force Maintenance Organizations

Author: Hewitt H. Young

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 216

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A preliminary effort was made to generate a survey-supported model which would (1) permit periodic evaluation of the performance effectiveness of an Air Force maintenance squadron and (2) highlight equipment and human resource factors which are contributing either positively or negatively to maintenance squadron performance. The model is generated from survey data, collected from a stratified sample of maintenance technicians and their shift supervisors, and processed by means of a stepwise, linear multiple regression statistical package to provide a performance prediction equation. Factors which surface as significant in the equation indicate positive and negative contributions to squadron performance effectiveness. The modeling effort is based on studies with the 82nd Air Training Command Wing at Williams AFB and the 405th Tactical Air Command Wing at Luke AFB, both in Arizona. The model was validated using immediate supervisor ratings of maintenance technician performance in speed and quality of work, averaged across a squadron. Based on the analyses and results of studies covering two maintenance squadrons at Williams AFB and three maintenance squadrons at Luke AFB, the model provides excellent predictions of squadron performance effectiveness and highlights significant contributing factors.

Air Force Maintenance Technician Performance Measurement
Air Force Maintenance Technician Performance Measurement

Author: Joel R. Hickman

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this study is to find or develop some method for evaluating and measuring the performance of aircraft maintenance technicians in the United States Air Force. This evaluation method is to be used in another research effort to develop a model or models for predicting or evaluating the effectiveness of maintenance technician performance. The performance appraisal method developed in this study is based on a review of the literature on the subject. A literature review has been necessary, as existing appraisal methods either are not applicable to statistical analysis, are highly inflated, or provide incomplete and non-current coverage of maintenance organizations. The performance appraisal method developed relies on subjective supervisor appraisals of maintenance technician quantity and quality of performance. An evaluation of the performance appraisal method has been conducted within the aircraft maintenance organization of one pilot training base. The random sample consists of 20% of the assigned technicians. Thirty-six supervisory groups of five or fewer technicians per group have been selected and found to represent the organization as a whole in terms of experience and relative manning. Quality of performance ratings have a mean value of 7.2 (median of 8.0) on a 10.0 scale, while quantity of performance ratings have a mean value of 6.6 (median of 7.0). The quality of performance data shows only marginal correlation with existing personnel inspection data. The performance ratings as a whole, however, display superior face validity and usefulness compared to existing personnel inspection data. (Author).

An Evaluation of the Top-Level Air Force Long-Range Planning Model Based on a Set of Planning Factors to Determine the Feasibility for Implementation
An Evaluation of the Top-Level Air Force Long-Range Planning Model Based on a Set of Planning Factors to Determine the Feasibility for Implementation

Author: Fredric J. Weishoff

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 123

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The purpose of this study was to develop a set of planning factors that constitutes a successful long-range planning system. the proposed top-level Air Force planning model was then evaluated based on these planning factors to determine the feasibility for implementation. Through an extensive, in-depth literature research and a review of a specific planning process models, this study developed a set of planning factors. They were: full support and active participation of top-level management in the process; management issues top down guidance; a feedback mechanism exists; the process identifies goals and objectives; it develops alternatives and strategies; it must be iterative, on-going, and flexible; all the players must be involved; and the process will increase communication and participation. The evaluation of the proposed model found that it met eight of the planning factors and partially met two of them. The model was deemed successful in theory and feasible for implementation, with the following caveats: establish a formal feedback mechanism, develop a closer link with the goal setting organizations and documents, formalize a training program, and document the process in an operating instruction.

Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs
Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-11-17

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 030921520X

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The ability of the United States Air Force (USAF) to keep its aircraft operating at an acceptable operational tempo, in wartime and in peacetime, has been important to the Air Force since its inception. This is a much larger issue for the Air Force today, having effectively been at war for 20 years, with its aircraft becoming increasingly more expensive to operate and maintain and with military budgets certain to further decrease. The enormously complex Air Force weapon system sustainment enterprise is currently constrained on many sides by laws, policies, regulations and procedures, relationships, and organizational issues emanating from Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Air Force itself. Against the back-drop of these stark realities, the Air Force requested the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies, under the auspices of the Air Force Studies Board to conduct and in-depth assessment of current and future Air Force weapon system sustainment initiatives and recommended future courses of action for consideration by the Air Force. Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs addresses the following topics: Assess current sustainment investments, infrastructure, and processes for adequacy in sustaining aging legacy systems and their support equipment. Determine if any modifications in policy are required and, if so, identify them and make recommendations for changes in Air Force regulations, policies, and strategies to accomplish the sustainment goals of the Air Force. Determine if any modifications in technology efforts are required and, if so, identify them and make recommendations regarding the technology efforts that should be pursued because they could make positive impacts on the sustainment of the current and future systems and equipment of the Air Force. Determine if the Air Logistics Centers have the necessary resources (funding, manpower, skill sets, and technologies) and are equipped and organized to sustain legacy systems and equipment and the Air Force of tomorrow. Identify and make recommendations regarding incorporating sustainability into future aircraft designs.