Air Force Manpower Agency

Air Force Manpower Agency

Air Force Manpower Agency Shield
Active 1975-2012
Country United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Part of Hq, United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ Randolph Air Force Base
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Brian S. Norman

The Air Force Manpower Agency (AFMA) is a former Field Operating Agency of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was last active in 2012[1] at Joint Base San Antonio and was assigned directly to Hq, USAF. It provided USAF leaders at all levels with tools to identify manpower required to accomplish the USAF mission.[2]

Mission

The Air Force Manpower Agency (AFMA) was originally established in 1975 as the Air Force Management Engineering Agency, a Separate Operating Agency of the USAF when USAF decided it needed an agency to provide technical guidance and central direction to its management engineering program.[2] Its mission throughout its existence was to provide USAF leaders assistance in identifying manpower requirements for the effective and efficient accomplishment of the Air Force mission.[3] In 1996, AFMA merged with the Air Force Center for Quality and Innovation and became the Air Force Center for Quality and Management Innovation.[2] It received its current designation in 2003.

The agency, through its four major divisions and five subordinate manpower requirement squadrons, developed manpower requirements determination tools and manpower programming factors. Additionally, AFMA managed Air Force performance management and innovation programs, including awards programs such as the Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award and the Zuckert Award. AFMA executed the Air Force competitive sourcing program, and conducted special studies. The agency also assisted combatant commanders in determining military essential requirements in support of warfighting scenarios, supported the manpower functional community, and was home to the Air Force Survey Office, providing attitude and opinion survey tools including the Air Force Climate Survey.[3] Starting in 1992, the agency took over the field management engineering teams that had been assigned to USAF's Major Commands[4] and reorganized them on a functional basis. Starting at the end of 2004, it reorganized, replacing its teams with numbered squadrons and flights. AFMA was inactivated on 1 June 2012 and its functions and personnel assumed by a directorate of the Air Force Personnel Center.[1]

Lineage

Redesignated Air Force Center for Quality and Management Innovation on 19 December 1996
Redesignated Air Force Manpower and Innovation Agency on 1 September 1999
Redesignated Air Force Manpower Agency on 1 December 2003
Inactivated on 1 June 2012

Assignments

Stations

Subordinate Units

Squadrons The Air Force Manpower Requirements Determination Squadron, co-located at Headquarters AFMA at Randolph AFB, Texas, was activated in November 2001 and was redesignated as the 1st Manpower Requirements Squadron in December 2004.

Flights

Management Engineering Teams (MET)

NASA Langley Research Center, Virginia
Scott AFB, Illinois
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Buckley AFB Annex, Colorado

Awards

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 News Release, Manpower, services agencies consolidate with personnel, 18 Jul 2012 (accessed Oct 21, 2012)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Air Force Manpower Agency Fact Sheet
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2009 Airman Magazine Yearbook
  4. ↑ See Major Norman, Brian S., If the Air Force Knew What it Already Knows About Management Improvement: Implications for Manpower and Quality Improvement, Air Command & Staff School Thesis, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL (1998), p. 20 (accessed Oct 23, 2012)
  5. ↑ Inactivated 1 October 2003
  6. ↑ Assigned to AF Manpower Requirements Utilization Squadron until October 2003, inactivated 1 September 2004
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Inactivated
  8. ↑ Consolidated 1 November 2004 with Manpower Requirements Determination Squadron
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Air Force Personnel Unit Awards (accessed Oct 23, 2012)

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