Air Force civilians honored

Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley (right) joins Edmund G. Zelnio and Umit Spencer, and her husband Senior Master Sgt. David L. Spencer following an awards ceremony Oct. 21 in the Pentagon where Mr. Zelnio and Ms. Spencer were honored. Mr. Zelnio received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service for his work as senior electrical engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Ms. Spencer received the DOD David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Medallion for her work as housing maintenance contract monitor for the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates presented the awards. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff)

Air Force civilians honored

Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley (right) joins Edmund G. Zelnio prior to his receiving the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service from Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates. The ceremony took place Oct. 21 in the Pentagon. Mr. Zelnio is a senior electrical engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff)

Silver Delegation

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFMCNS) — Dr. Steve Butler pauses with Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Sue Payton and Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, after Ms. Payton presented Dr. Butler with a Probationary Silver Delegation for the Acquisition of Services certificate. The presentation, which took place here Oct. 21, follows an August agreement between AFMC and the Air Force Program Executive Office for Combat and Mission Support, commonly called PEO Services. The agreement established Dr. Butler, AFMC’s Executive Director, as the command’s Services Advocate and delegated management and oversight authority of services contracts between $100 million and $500 million to AFMC. The command stood up a multi-functional services team to support Dr. Butler. The team is collaborating with PEO Services to streamline the critical processes necessary to execute the authority. Team members will visit AFMC’s air logistics centers in November to deploy initial procedures. The team will host a services workshop in December for the requirements and acquisition community. (Air Force photo by Diana Leonard)

Flying for Life

Capt. Keith Larson provides a sedative to a patient being airlifted by a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 is part of a strategic airlift mission to deliver personnel and supplies downrange and bring wounded warriors home. Captain Larson is deployed to Ramstein AB from the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jack Braden)

Wing enjoys annual picnic

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - Staff Sgt. Tame Marshall, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, paints Gabriel Linn's face, son of Maj. Robert Linn of the Aeromedical Staging Squadron, during the 445th Airlift Wing's annual picnic Oct. 5, 2008. The picnic was open to all wing members, their families and friends and was sponsored by the Chiefs Group. (Air Force photo/Capt. Caroline Wellman)

Operations Building dedicated in honor of Maj. LeRoy Homer

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, Fourth Air Force commander, remembers the life and service of Maj. LeRoy W. Homer, Jr., during the dedication of the 445th Airlift Wing’s Operations Building Oct. 4, 2008. Maj. Homer, who had been assigned to the 445th Airlift Wing from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 11, 2001, while serving as the first officer on United Airlines Flight 93. (Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)