HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Jay W. Fiebig, Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Sustainment Center director, hosted the 13th Annual Team Hill Science, Technology, and Technical Management Awards Ceremony recently at the Hill Aerospace Museum.
The ceremony recognized winners of Science, Technology, Engineering, Technical Management, and other science-related awards across the mission partners at Hill Air Force Base.
“We have an amazing crop of scientists, engineers, and support staff that work incredibly hard every day alongside their other Team Hill teammates to get the mission done,” said Col. Scott R. Nowlin, Engineering & Technical Management, Ogden Air Logistics deputy director.
The individual award winners are:
Team Hill Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Program Offices
Junior Civilian S&E: Jake Warner, F-22 SPO
Senior Civilian S&Es:
• Timothy Perkins, Aerospace Dominance Enabler SPO
• Dot Homa, F-16 SPO
Chief Engineer: Lynn Silver, Aerospace, Dominance Enabler SPO
Technical Management: Robert McGill, F-22 SPO
Career Achievement: Dennis Vickery, A-10 SPO
Support: Deborah Church, Aerospace Dominance Enabler SPO
Mentor Award: Bart Wood, F-16 SPO
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center ICBM Systems Directorate
Junior Military S&E: Captain Christopher Benson
Junior Civilian S&E: Dr Matt Goodro
Mid-Career Military S&E: Major Alan Louie
Mid-Career Civilian S&E: Sal Sotomayor
Senior Military S&E: Lieutenant Colonel Jason Bartolomei
Senior Civilian S&E: Elliott Burrell
Chief Engineer: Roy Ramey
Technical Management: Frank Adams
Career Achievement: Jerry Brigance
Engineering Technician: Stephen Christensen
Support: Tina Flinders
General James Ferguson Engineering Award nominee: Pete Miller
General Lester L. Lyles Award nominee: Lieutenant Jeff LaFrance
Captain Roland R. Obenland Engineering Memorial Award nominee: Captain Jared Evans
Air Force Sustainment Center’s Ogden Air Logistics Depot
Junior Civilian S&E:
• Steven Berkley, Commodities Maintenance Group
• Kaitlin Meline, Maintenance Support Group
• Eric Johnson, Software Maintenance Group
Mid-Career Civilian S&E: James Stoddard, Software Maintenance
Senior Civilian S&E: Amin Khan, Software Maintenance
Technical Management: Jim Olsen, Software Maintenance
Career Achievement: Rick Fitzgerald, Software Maintenance
Engineering Technician:
• Alan Clark, Commodities Maintenance
• Casey Terry, Software Maintenance
Support: Tharen Blue, Software Maintenance
Gen James Ferguson Engineering Award nominee: Michael McMichael, Software Maintenance
General Lester L. Lyles Award nominee: Kasey Thompsen, Software Maintenance
AFSC’s 748th Supply Chain Management Group
Junior Military S&E: Lieutenant Roger Anderson
Junior Civilian S&E: Megan Jensen
Mid-Career Civilian S&E: Tyrell G. Philpott
Senior Civilian S&E: Benjamin Harris
Technical Management: Jared Butterfield
Career Achievement: Ron Montgomery
Captain Roland R. Obenland Engineering Memorial Award nominee: Lt Luke Dorlac
Gen James Ferguson Engineering Award nominee: Andrew Clark
The team winners are:
Science and Engineering Teams
Technical Management team: The F-16 SPO’s Systems Engineering Team
The ICBM Systems Directorate Technical Management team: Aircraft and Missile Requirements — Programmed Depot Maintenance Team
Air Force Sustainment Center: Software Maintenance Group Modular Control Equipment Team
748th Supply Chain Management Group: Avionics Supply Chain Management
Outstanding Science Teams
AFSC – Software Maintenance Group Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Telemetry Integrated Processing System (ITIPS) Team
748 Supply Chain Management Group
417 Supply Chain Management Squadron Surface Technology Team
General Bernard P. Randolph Engineering Team Award Nominees:
• ICBM Systems Directorate Hardness Evaluation Team
• Air Force Sustainment Center Software Maintenance Group
• CMMI Operational Excellence Team assisted the Software Maintenance Group
• Missile Maintenance Group
• ECM Team
• 748th Supply Chain Management Group
• B-1B Wheel and Brake System Improvement Team
Science, Engineering, and Technical Management Support Award
Air Force Sustainment Center Contracting Directorate Landing Gear Team
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Other awards associated with STEM and their winners are:
Team Hill STEM Volunteers of the Year:
• Capt Peter Saunders, 75 Air Base Wing Weather Office
• Rick Haws, Software Maintenance Group.
DOD Value Engineering Achievement Award: A-10 System Program Office Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Team
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers George F. McClure national Citation of Honor: Dan Christenson, Director of Engineering for the 748th Supply Chain Management Group
2015 Air Combat Command UTTR Civilian of the Year: Frank Marks, Engineering Flight Chief for the Utah Test and Training Range
Air Force Sustainment Center Engineering Directorate Civilian Employee of the Year: Craig Bodily
2015 Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement and Development Award: AFSC/EN Workforce Development
