PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID TULLAHOMA TN Vol. 65, No. 16 Arnold AFB, Tenn. PERMIT NO. 29 August 20, 2018 Pawlikowski tenure marked by effectiveness, Air Force readiness By Marisa Alia-Novobilski Air Force Materiel Command WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It’s the little things that our command does every day that enable the Air Force to be effective, and it’s so important that our Airmen fully appreciate their impact, said Air Force Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, as she reflected on her three years at the helm of Air Force Materiel Command and read- ies to retire from 40 years of Air Force service this September. “We don’t fly airplanes, and we don’t drop the bombs, but we make sure the airplanes can fly, and that the bombs are reliable, and their radars work,” she said. “AFMC Airmen need to understand that what they do is important. They literally hold in their hands the health and the safety of our Airmen.” Pawlikowski took command of AFMC in 2015 during a time when the Air Force was highly focused on efficien- cy and cost consciousness, punctuating years of sequestration and resource re- duction across the military fiscal domain. The command had just experienced a 33 percent reduction in headquarters staff, and across the board, said Pawlikowski, everything drove toward maintaining the bottom line. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, greets well-wishers, Aug. 7 on the Wright-Pat- terson Air Force Base, Ohio, flight line following her fini flight. Pawlikowski relinquished command Aug. 8 prior to her See PAWLIKOWSKI, page 2 retirement this September. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez) Roessig quickly adjusting to role as AEDC Test Operations Division chief By Bradley Hicks AEDC Public Affairs Col. Keith Roessig admits he is still settling in and finding his bearings, but the new chief of the AEDC Test Operations Division is impressed by what he has seen of Arnold Air Force Base thus far. “It’s an exciting place to be, with the history and the mission that goes on here, and an exciting time in things that the nation is prioritizing, Arnold is going to play a key role in terms of space tests and hypersonics, nuclear deterrents, and modernization programs,” he said. “Ar- nold will have a key role in shaping all of that.” Roessig officially assumed his role as chief of the Test Operations Division at Arnold AFB during a July 12 Change of Leadership ceremony. In this capacity, Roessig is responsible for the orchestration of test op- erations across AEDC, including the more than 40 aero- space test facilities located at Arnold, the Hyperveloc- ity Wind Tunnel 9 located in White Oak, Maryland, the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, California, the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, and the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Combined Test Force, or ICBM CTF, Col. Keith M. Roessig, center, becomes chief of the AEDC Test Operations Division during a Change of recently stood up at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Leadership Ceremony July 12 in the J-6 Large Rocket Motor Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base. AEDC He is also the program manager for the Test Opera- Commander Col. Scott Cain (left) passes the Test Operations Division guidon to Roessig as Senior Master Sgt. Michael D. Roberts looks on. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Goodfriend) tions and Sustainment contract for AEDC. Roessig grew up primarily on the West Coast, at- fornia, Davis. bachelor’s degree in 1993. He completed an educa- tending grade school and college in California and ju- “I’ve just always been interested in math and sci- tional delay program to earn his master’s in aeronauti- nior high and high school in Oregon. Roessig’s father ence, so engineering was kind of a nice fit,” he said. “I cal engineering from the University of Notre Dame in was a pilot in the U.S. Navy, so he grew up with an af- never really questioned it, and I’ve always been inter- 1997 and doctorate in the same area the following year. finity for aircraft. This, coupled with a lifelong interest ested in aircraft.” Afterwards, Roessig was given his first Air Force in math and science, led Roessig to pursue a degree in Roessig participated in the ROTC program at the university and entered the Air Force after receiving his aeronautical engineering from the University of Cali- See ROESSIG, page 2 Ground Test University bridging the knowledge gap for AEDC personnel By Bradley Hicks coursework. seen as a way to ensure this knowledge is not lost, but AEDC Public Affairs Julius Lockett, a systems engineer in the Engine Test rather imparted upon younger, less experienced em- Facility who has been a GTU instructor since the incep- ployees. Ground Test University was set up to basically AEDC Ground Test University has been back in tion of its current configuration, said “GTU is all about be a knowledge swap. As you know, you have an ag- session at Arnold Air Force Base for the better part of the sharing of knowledge.” ing workforce here at Arnold Air Force Base. Through a year, and the hopes are that newer members of the “More and more, people are leaving the workforce, workforce and their more experienced colleagues who often taking the knowledge they have gained through See AEDC PERSONNEL, page 3 have taken on new roles will reap the benefits of the their experience with them,” Lockett said. “GTU is Arnold personnel now able to charge electronics “Area students take flight after completing Fly at Technical Library charging station to Learn Program …Page 3 …Page 4 2 • August 20, 2018 PAWLIKOWSKI from page 1 Arnold “It was a time of dra- ing incentives were estab- command. We were asking successes, AFMC also sur- day missions. matic change in a com- lished to recruit the next our centers, who had spent passed the $2 billion a year In fact, Pawlikowski Air Force mand that was truly feel- generation of Air Force years monitoring costs cost savings and avoidance considers her greatest per- Base ing the impact of things scientists, engineers and and activity to address im- goal outlined in the com- sonal career accomplish- going on in the Air Force. acquisition professionals, mediate needs, to surge mand strategic plan under ment the demonstration of Everything we did was fo- ensuring the Air Force has and rapidly develop new Pawlikowski’s direction. “First Light” on the Air- cused on efficiency, and the depth of talent required capabilities much faster Meeting this goal dem- borne High Energy Laser, while we developed some to meet warfighter demand to support full spectrum onstrated the command’s which required overcom- great processes during that needs for years to come. operations. Our Airmen ability to focus on readi- ing numerous technologi- time, they were all focused The drive toward agil- were able to practice de- ness and lethality, while cal, financial and political on how much could be ity during Pawlikowski’s ploying while our centers driving cost consciousness challenges, similar to those squeezed out of each dol- command is evidenced demonstrated their ability into each capability it pro- faced by AFMC engineers lar,” said Pawlikowski. by AFMC-led innovation to surge in everything they vides. and researchers today. Col. Scott Cain “We needed to focus on practices across the Air do, from accelerating new As Pawlikowski com- “This was the stuff of Commander effectiveness, because we Force. Leveraging emerg- technology at the research pletes a successful tenure science fiction, but it also Jason Austin had become slaves of the ing technologies such as lab to fielding new air- at AFMC, she is also cul- taught me leadership les- Chief, process.” additive manufacturing, field damage repair parts. minating a 40-year Air sons that I carried through Public Affairs To ensure the Air Force hypersonics, directed en- I was extremely proud of Force career. my career and the long- would be ready and pre- ergy, artificial intelligence our successes during this She entered the Air term implications of de- pared for the near peer and agile software devel- event,” she said. Force in 1978 through the cision-making,” she said. adversaries of 2030 and opment, and by establish- AFMC reorganization Reserve Officers’ Training “I also learned the value Cynthia Rivera today, Pawlikowski asked ing technology innovation also helped to enhance the Corps program at the New of and gained a strong ap- General Manager, AFMC staff to find ways centers near Air Logistics cost effectiveness and sup- Jersey Institute of Technol- preciation for our civilian National Aerospace to be more responsive to Centers, broad expertise port provided to the Air ogy, where she graduated Airmen and how important Solutions Air Force needs and to not from across the enterprise Force during Pawlikows- with a degree in chemical they are to the long-term High Mach Staff: be a source of slowing the can be exploited to meet ki’s command. In addition engineering. Pawlikowski viability of the Air Force.” Kathy Gattis, Air Force down. current and future Air to a number of internal de- earned her doctoral degree As Pawlikowski brings NAS Executive Editor “The overall objective Force sustainment needs. partmental consolidations in the discipline from the a lifetime of service to a I gave the command was “To support the full at the headquarters level, University of California at close, she takes with her Raquel March, NAS Editor that first we had to im- spectrum readiness our organizational change oc- Berkeley before entering a plethora of memories of High Mach is published by prove agility.