The Division of Protection introduced right this moment the 2022 winner of the Phoenix Award for Upkeep Excellence at this 12 months’s Secretary of Protection Upkeep Awards ceremony held along with the annual DoD Upkeep Symposium in Orlando, Florida. The Phoenix Award is introduced yearly to one of the best field-level upkeep unit within the Division of Protection.
This 12 months’s Phoenix Award was introduced to Strike Fighter Squadron ONE FOUR SEVEN (VFA-147), Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. From remarks given on the award ceremony:
“VFA 147 is the primary operational F-35C Lightning II squadron. Every little thing that occurred within the aggressive efficiency interval was a real ‘FIRST’ for Naval Aviation. The squadron proved the plane is sustainable and deadly at sea, executing 1,837 sorties, totaling 3,033 flight hours, with a 94% sortie completion fee through the first F-35C Fleet Response Coaching Plan and first operational deployment to the Western Pacific. Their unmatched dedication to high quality, excellent dedication to sound and revolutionary upkeep practices, and meticulous administration of sources enabled the squadron to soundly full 16,758 upkeep actions whereas integrating the service’s most deadly fight plane into the fleet.”
Annual Phoenix Award winners rise from among the many prime field-level upkeep items of the 12 months, who have been introduced in September. This 12 months’s small class winners have been VFA-147; and Train Help Division, Marine Corps Air Floor Process Pressure Coaching Command, Twentynine Palms, California. Winners from the medium class included USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, Naval Station Mayport, Florida; and forty eighth Plane Upkeep Squadron, Royal Air Pressure Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Giant class winners have been 2nd Battalion (Assault), 2nd Aviation Regiment, K16 Airbase, South Korea; and Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Georgia.
Throughout Thursday’s ceremony, excellent navy upkeep items additionally obtained awards for Sustainment Coaching, Recommendation, and Help of Overseas Army Forces; the Robert T. Mason Award for Depot Upkeep Excellence; and the Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper Award for Software program Upkeep Excellence.
Learn concerning the achievements of all of the 2022 Secretary of Protection Upkeep Awards winners, right here:
https://www.protection.gov/News/Releases/Launch/Article/3170098/dod-announces-2022-secretary-of-defense-maintenance-awards-winners/
Be taught extra concerning the Upkeep Symposium at https://www.sae.org/attend/dod
