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AFLC
Posted 7/19/2012
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Air Force Logistics Center is the major organization at Hill AFB and aims to be America's best warfighter sustainment organization. It is one of three such centers assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. It is the largest employer in Utah, with more than 23,500 civilian, military, and contractors supporting an estimated 7.5 million production hours.
The center has worldwide engineering, sustainment and logistics management and maintenance support responsibilities for some of the Air Force's most sophisticated weapon systems, including the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles. The center is the Air Force Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for low-observable, 'stealth,' aircraft structural composite materials and provides support for the B-2 Spirit multi-role bomber.
Program management for two of the Air Force's fighter aircraft is performed at this center. Hundreds of F-16 Fighting Falcon jet aircraft annually receive depot maintenance, modification and repair on the base. Additionally, the number of A-10 Thunderbolt II's that receive depot level inspections, modifications and maintenance continues to grow.
The center has responsibilities for Air Force-wide item management, depot level overhaul and repair for all types of landing gear, wheels, brakes and tires and is the logistics manager for all conventional air munitions, solid propellants and explosive devices used throughout the Air Force. The center is the Air Force technical repair center for composites. In addition, the center provides a full range of sustainment and logistics support for space and command, control, communication and intelligence systems.
The center is also responsible for mature and proven aircraft, as well as providing photonics imaging and reconnaissance equipment; aircraft and missile crew training devices; avionic, hydraulic, pneudraulic and radar components; instruments; gas turbine engines; power equipment systems; special purpose vehicles; shelters; and software engineering, development and support.
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