MOBILITYTHE MAGAZINE OF AIR MOBILITY FORUM COMMAND | WINTER 2020-2021 Back to Basics: Operating in an Unorthodox Environment AMC Welcomes New Leaders THE Volume 29, No. 4 MOBILITY Winter 2020-2021 FORUM CONTENTS AIR MOBILITY COMMAND Gen Jacqueline D. Van Ovost DIRECTOR OF SAFETY Col Brandon R. Hileman [email protected] EDITORS Kim Knight [email protected] 4 11 16 32 Sherrie Schatz Sheree Lewis [email protected] FROM THE TOP 24 ASAP: Lessons SEASONAL Learned at 500 Feet CONSIDERATIONS GRAPHIC DESIGN 3 Happy Holidays from Above the Ground Elizabeth Bailey Gen Van Ovost 28 Ice on the Ground Can FLIGHT SAFETY Spell Trouble in the Sky The Mobility Forum (TMF) is published 4 It Is Good to Be Home! four times a year by the Director of 14 Back to Basics: Safety, Air Mobility Command, Scott AMC NEWS REGULAR FEATURES AFB, IL. The contents are informative and Operating in an not regulatory or directive. Viewpoints 6 AMC Welcomes New Unorthodox Environment 20 Centerspread: Preparing expressed are those of the authors and Deputy Commander for Winter Weather do not necessarily reflect the policy AMC HERITAGE of AMC, USAF, or any DoD agency. 7 18th Air Force Like a Pro 38 Mishap-Free Flying Contributions: Please email articles and Changes Command 16 Retired Air Force Chief photos to [email protected], Hour Milestones 8 U.S. Air Force of Staff Gen Ronald fax to (580) 628-2011, or mail to Expeditionary Center Fogleman Talks About 39 Quickstoppers Schatz Publishing, 11950 W. Highland Ave., Blackwell, OK 74631. For Welcomes New Life and Leadership 40 A Day in the Life questions call (580) 628-4607. TMF Commander 32 Operation Allied Force: editors reserve the right to make editorial changes to manuscripts. 11 Airlift Tanker Association Kosovo 1999 ON THE COVER Virtual Convention: DE denotes digitally enhanced photo. 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Seybert ISSN 1559-159X MOBILITY OPERATIONS 9 Checklist Discipline: Visit www.themobilityforum.net Preventing Little 22 Air Distribution for current and past editions of Mistakes from Becoming Enterprise Next THE MAGAZINE OF AIR MOBILITY COMMAND The Mobility Forum. Big Ones: A Review of Modernizes Aerial THE MAGAZINE OF AIR MOBILITY COMMAND Send comments or feedback to ASAP #14266 Port Operations THE MAGAZINE OF AIR MOBILITY COMMAND THE MAGAZINE OF AIR MOBILITY COMMAND [email protected]. Stay up-to-date on happenings around AMC via these outlets: www.facebook.com/theofficialairmobilitycommand www.twitter.com/airmobilitycmd www.youtube.com/MobilityAirman 2 The Mobility Forum FROM THE TOP Happy Holidays from Gen Van Ovost he holiday season offers an opportunity to pause, reflect, and be grateful for the blessings of family, friends, and purpose—the difference we made in ourselves, in each other, and in our command. With a glance to our past and Tstrong focus on our future, I could not be more proud to be a Mobility Airman! Gen Jacqueline D. Van Ovost From the very first day of the year, AMC was projecting decisive strength as we rapidly delivered the 82nd Airborne’s Immediate Response Force to United States Central Command to combat Iranian aggression. Shortly thereafter, we responded to a very different threat—a global pandemic that rapidly changed the world as we knew it. COVID-19 challenged us to operate in a contested environment, from This year, our lift was taking care of our families, to balancing risk to mission and force, to operating around the globe in a pandemic that changed hourly—we were put to the test. heavy and challenges But make no mistake, your determined, resilient, and innovative spirit prevailed. great, but you met Regardless of the threat, Air Mobility Command continued to project decisive strength and deliver hope around the world. them head on and This year, our lift was heavy and challenges great, but you met them head on delivered! As we enter and delivered! As we enter the holiday season, please take time to rest and the holiday season, reconnect with friends and loved ones. Because we have been physically distant, it is important to reinforce those connections that may have atrophied. Keep please take time to rest your fellow Airmen in mind and extend a hand to those who may not have the opportunity to be with family. To our deployed Mobility Warriors projecting and and reconnect with sustaining the Joint Force downrange, you are in our thoughts and prayers—thank friends and loved ones. you for your service and sacrifice during the holiday season. We are here for your family in your absence and eagerly await your return! Next year will be action packed as we get laser-focused on our priorities and accelerate our integration into new Joint warfighting concepts. We must build the Mobility Air Force we need through developing multi-capable and digitally adept Airmen while energizing rapid capability development in order to deliver credible capacity to the Joint warfighter. During the next few weeks, I ask that you dedicate some time for personal reflection to think about your goals for the new year, both personally and professionally, and then be ready to execute. Thank you for your continued commitment to our mission, our Air Force, and especially to each other. Your leadership, irreproachable character, and bias for action are the strength of this command and deeply appreciated. I wish you all a restful and joyous holiday season. Winter 2020-2021 3 FROM THE TOP It Is Good to Be Home! BY CMSGT BRIAN P. KRUZELNICK, AMC COMMAND CHIEF s my family and I rolled transitioned to the Air National Guard. U.S. Air Force history. That is where through the gate at Scott Air His insight motivated me to enlist I witnessed AMC flat out delivering Force Base, IL, on Aug. 1, 2020, as an aircraft maintainer, and after hope to those in need! Athe first thought that crossed signing the paperwork, I was in Basic my mind was, It is good to be home! I Military Training within a week. I spent my time from Staff Sergeant am and have always been a Mobility to Chief in AMC, growing as an Airman at heart, regardless of my duty It was hard to correct my undisciplined Airman and as a person on every position. The flightline was my office, and unstructured background to meet flightline around the world. I feel very and the world of aircraft generation, military expectations, which led me to comfortable leading Mobility Airmen my teacher. To say it is an honor and be a less-than-desired Airman. Living because I had similar experiences a privilege to become the Air Mobility in “survival mode” for so long made and can relate to their trials and Command (AMC) Command Chief me combative and stopped me from tribulations as well as their successes. is a complete understatement and far developing healthy relationships. The strength of this command lies in exceeded any personal expectations. Although I did have a strong work our people and families, making it ethic, my behavior was not acceptable. imperative to invest in connections. I came from the mean streets of New In time, however, I found solace in Jersey, struggling to survive in the the allure of the flightline, pride in We need to connect our Airmen to world in which I lived. I lacked basic generating aircraft, and small pockets the service they joined, their assigned physical and psychological needs, of acceptance in teammates that filled command and unit, their peers, and from shelter to a feeling of belonging. an unconscious void. Within months us as leaders. For our diverse Airmen With no other place to go, I found of arriving at my first duty station, to reach their full potential, we need myself at an Air Force recruiter’s office I deployed to support Operation to invest in them and take the time to on the recommendation of a friend, DENY FLIGHT followed by Operation know and understand their personal Ed Thomas. He spent four years as an PROVIDE PROMISE, the longest stories so they can connect to the active-duty aircraft maintainer and sustained humanitarian airlift in rich history of the unit. We all have 4 The Mobility Forum FROM THE TOP CMSgt Brian Kruzelnick and his family. Left to right: son, Javonni, age Members of the 62d Aerial Port Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, 10; Kruzelnick; daughter, Jahni, age 15; daughter, La Talya, age 11; and WA, throw a cargo net over palletized material during Operation his wife, Kareen Kruzelnick. PROVIDE PROMISE. past experiences—good and bad —from childhood to where we stand today, forming whom we have become. Therefore, we must have patience, empathy, and compassion for our differences and celebrate the individual uniqueness we each bring to the fight.