NAVAL AIR DEPOT JACKSONVILLE’S (NADEP JAX) F-117 ENGINE TEAM RECEIVES THIRD QUARTER AWARD
By Susan Brink, NADEP Jacksonville Public Affairs Specialist

The F-117 engine team from Naval Air Depot Jacksonville (NADEP JAX) recently received the FY01 Third Quarter Air Force Program Executive Officer/Fighter and Bombers Award. Team lead members from the Depot are: Eddie Buller, TF34 and F404/F1D2 Engine Product Manager and Loyd Broom, Jr., F1D2 Team Lead.

The team reported several achievements for the third quarter. They superbly managed the highly technical and demanding F-117 F404/F1D2 engine program with superior results in FY01 by maintaining F1D2 engine spare status at 150 percent of their goal. While overseeing production of quality engines through the Depot contract, they were instrumental in reducing engine removals from 15 to 9 for the quarter. They also developed and sold innovative strategy to mitigate a projected FY02 $4M engine shortfall.

The F-117 engine Integrated Product Team (IPT) was formed in 1997 and is comprised of government and industry. Team members came from the Naval Air Depot, Jacksonville, FL; the United States Air Force System Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB; Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Palmdale, CA; General Electric Company, Lynn, MA; USAF Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA; and the 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM. The team is responsible for total program support consisting of engineering, logistics support and program management to the F-117 warfighters.

Congratulations to the NADEP F-117 Engine Team members for achieving this special recognition.