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Page 4AFMETCAL NEWSLETTERApril 2011Volume 31, Issue No. 3Chief’s Corner (continued)(Continued from page 3)TO 33-1-32. CMSgt Brown also served as a key member of the improvement effort to revise the PMELQuality Program and shift the focus to a process-based, improvement effort.As CMSgt Brown and his wife Barb transition into civilian life back at Rapid City, South Dakota, the entireassessment team wishes him all the best. His outstanding dedication and leadership will be sorely missed.C. “Woody”. Niemann, CMSgt, USAFChief, Laboratory Certification BranchNews and NotesNew PMEL Training Manager at KeeslerPlease join me in welcoming Mr. Joseph Persons as our new PMELTraining Manager at Keesler AFB. Mr. Persons replaces Mr. BobMartin who served us well, but has decided to move on to otheradventures. Mr. Persons assumes his new role with a wealth of Metrologyexpertise. He attended the Basic Metrology course (Army side) atLowry AFB, CO, and graduated in December 1980. He then went on towork in calibration laboratories at various locations throughout theUnited States and Europe, to include a deployment during OperationDesert Storm. In 1994 he was directly involved in relocating the ArmyPMEL schoolhouse and Army Detachment from Lowry to Keesler.Once at Keesler, he served as the Army 1 st Sgt and retired from activeduty in April 1996. In October 1996, he obtained a civil service positionas an instructor in the Air Force PMEL Basic Apprentice Course. Hetaught various blocks throughout the Basic Course until he waspromoted to a Training Specialist position in June 2005. In this capacityhe managed the Phys/D Course, then the TACAN Course, and mostrecently the PMEL Basic Apprentice Course.We are pleased to have a Training Manager with solid PMEL and instructor backgrounds. Mr. Persons’primary goal is to continue to improve the quality of training at Keesler. He is committed to producing bothoutstanding PMEL apprentices and providing critical Advance Measurement Courses that meet our field’sneeds. One of Joe’s first challenges will be to help shape our career field by hosting our Utilization &Training Workshop in April 2011. Good luck Joe, we look forward to working with you as our new TrainingManager!CMSgt Donald R. ErdenMAJCOM PMEL Functional ManagerHQ AETC/A4MSAPictured above:Mr. Joseph H. Persons Jr.332 TRS PMEL Training Manager
Page 5AFMETCAL NEWSLETTERApril 2011Volume 31, Issue No. 3News and Notes (continued)Air Force Primary Standards Laboratory (AFPSL)Technical Order (TO) DepartmentThis article has been written to provide the field a better understanding with regard to function andrequirements of the Air Force Primary Standards Laboratory (AFPSL) TO Department in Heath, Ohio.The department consists of a manager, administrative assistant, draftsman, technical librarians, editors, teamleads and technical writers. All the men and women in the department have many years of experience with theMetrology Program and technical writing. The Air Force, Navy, and Army are well represented and ourcalibration backgrounds are pretty extensive and quite varied. We have a number of retired military servicepersonnel, a few who were on the Air Force Evaluation Team, and former government Technical ContentManagers (TCMs). Using the previous five complete years of historical data, we process an average of 1,180TOs in a year.The TO Department Requirements and References include the following documents:MIL-STD-38784MIL-PRF-38793AFMETCAL TO GuideTO 00-20-14 AF Metrology, Calibration ProgramTO 00-5-3 AF TO Life Cycle ManagementTO 00-5-1-WA-1 Air Force Technical GuideCalibration Requirements Documents (CRDs)Bionetics TO Work Instructions (5 Active)Bionetics is responsible for developing, publishing, and distributing all Air Force calibration technical orders.The Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) Program provides oversight, inspection, anddirection to ensure requirements of the contract are met. There are several categories of TO development,depending on the circumstances. A New calibration technical order is developed for new equipment acquiredby the Air Force. A Revision or Change is usually the result of inputs from an Air Force PrecisionMeasurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) or other customers. This type of TO development work usuallydoes not require an extensive update. A Rewrite is an extensive update of an existing technical order due tochanges in calibration standards or techniques used to support the end item. The graphic on the next pagedepicts the process and flow for the development and maintenance of USAF calibration procedure technicalorders.(continued on page 6)
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