JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The 363d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing hosted U.S. Air Drive Lt. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, Sixteenth Air Drive (Air Forces Cyber) commander and U.S. Air Drive Chief Grasp Sgt. Kenneth Bruce, Command Chief Grasp Sergeant, Sixteenth Air Drive (Air Forces Cyber), for a Wing go to on Oct. 13, 2022 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
Throughout their go to, sixteenth Air Drive management obtained updates on the State of the Wing and the way in which forward of every group throughout the Wing.
Kennedy, who beforehand served because the director of operations, U.S. Cyber Command, took command of sixteenth Air Drive throughout a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas on July 21, 2022, is at the moment making his first journeys to the wings within the Numbered Air Drive.
The immersion tour kicked off with a breakfast attended by select-Airmen throughout the Wing. The breakfast was adopted up by a briefing highlighting the Wing’s newly created Memorial Wall. The Memorial Wall honors 363 ISRW heroes who sacrificed their lives within the line of responsibility.
Later within the tour, Kennedy and Bruce then had the chance to tour and obtained a flight on a Beechcraft King Air 350 that the 361 ISRG makes use of for coaching.
“361st ISR Group Airmen carry out missions which can be hardly ever witnessed by the general public,” stated U.S. Air Drive Grasp Sgt. Zachary Cooper, 363 ISRW Particular Operations Forces (SOF) Alerts Intelligence (SIGINT) Applications superintendent and 361 ISRG advocate. “You will need to have the commander and command chief get a first-hand take a look at what our Airmen are engaging in for the Air Drive mission.”
The 363 ISRG wrapped up the briefings with discussions about normalization and holistic concentrating on. Following the briefings, the thirty sixth Intelligence Squadron offered 3D monitor demonstrations/consciousness and dynamic concentrating on demos for the management.
The go to completed with an All Name on the base theater the place Kennedy shared his priorities for the wings and Complete Drive Airmen.
“Readiness. Resilience. Outcomes,” stated Kennedy. “That is what we’re specializing in.”
In the course of the command chief’s portion of the All Name, Bruce challenged Airmen to be purposeful.
“Don’t simply be busy, be productive,” he stated. “It’s cool to learn all the good actions – however what are the top outcomes.”
Whereas fielding viewers questions, Kennedy emphasised expertise that he appears for in profitable Airmen, which he listed as vital considering, downside fixing and self-discipline.
“The flexibility to assume critically on a problem that’s introduced to you or your staff; downside fixing from diversified views; and having the self-discipline to make it possible for your readiness and resilience is the place it must be, not only for you, however in your staff as properly, is what I search for in an Airman,” Kennedy stated. “It’s additionally what I attempt to do as an Airman myself.”
The 363d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, conducts deadly, resilient, and prepared operations in 4 core mission areas: evaluation for air, area, and cyber operations; full-spectrum concentrating on; particular operations ISR; and ISR testing, techniques growth, and superior coaching.
The Wing gives operations planning and execution assist to MAJCOMs, C-NAFs and theater Air Operations Facilities. Moreover, the 363 ISRW gives tailor-made geospatial and complete menace evaluation merchandise to U.S. Air Drive models using airpower worldwide.
“This week we had a fantastic go to with the 363 ISRW,” stated Kennedy. “In a world that has turn into more and more complicated since I graduated from the Academy in 1990, you clearly confirmed what a succesful power we’ve turn into to maintain tempo with fast change. Thanks for the onerous work you do and thanks to your folks and households who allow your service.”
Kennedy joined sixteenth Air Drive from Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, He’s a U.S. Air Drive Academy graduate with greater than 3,400 flying hours. His employees expertise contains service on the U.S. Air Drive Headquarters employees, the Joint Chiefs of Workers, United States Cyber Command and the Workplace of the Secretary of Protection.
Because the sixteenth Air Drive commander, Kennedy is liable for 48,000 Complete Drive Airmen throughout the IW enterprise. sixteenth Air Drive operates globally throughout 9 whole power wings, one middle, 63 teams, 297 squadrons, 128 worldwide working places, and 49,000 devoted professionals offering capabilities to generate insights on our adversaries.
