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CCSG wins Materiel Command maintenance effectiveness award
By MSgt. Tom Rumery
The 96th Communications-Computer Systems Group is the winner of the Air Force Materiel Command 1993 Maintenance Effectiveness Award (Large Electronics?Communications Unit). "Our members are absolutely tops, and they earned this recognition through a great deal of hard work supporting our customers,"
Col. Keith F. Poch, 96th OSCG commander. The group, being the largest communications-electronics unit in AFMC, manages, installs and maintains fixed and mobile communications-computer systems, air-to-ground communications, weather systems, radar systems and cryptograph systems throughout the 724-square miles of the Eglin reservation. "Our members are absolutely tops, and they earned this recognition through a great deal of hard work supporting our customers," said Col. Keith F. Poch, 96th CCSG commander. Some of the group's accomplishments include commissioning the new air traffic control tower with state-of-the-art consoles. They also saved scarce dollars by installing lightning surge protection devices and electronic systems through self-help, for a total savings of more than $470,000. In addition, the unit planned, coordinated and conducted the cut-over of the new $3 million air traffic control tower with no loss of service to the using organizations or commercial flights in the busiest air traffic control facility in the Air Force. Their team approach successfully initiated the Wing Initial Communication Package concept, allowing the 33d Fighter Wing to be fully mission capable and ready for world- wide deployment. The radio shop self-help installed two linear power amplifiers at a Duke Field transceiver site, eliminating a long standing air-to-ground voice communications coverage problem. This action eliminated "dead" communications areas in northern airspace and improved flight safety for the Eglin flying community. The standards and evaluation section created reference databases to familiarize base civil engineer planners with communication's unique grounding and lightning protection requirements. They also performed in progress, on-site inspections of more than 12 CE installations and saved more than $20,000 in rework costs. The Local Area Network installation team upgraded systems in numerous buildings on base, resulting in tremendous improvements in timeliness and availability of critical electronic information. Additional information and site survey information can be obtained by contacting POC: Mike Helms mike@lightningmike.com |
