Jon Owens

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Apr 2000 - Apr 2020

  Air Crew Flight Equipment Flight Chief

  • Led integrated Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) composed of 52 active duty, guard, and civilian technicians. Directly responsible for ensuring safe flight equipment for 437 aircrew members on 40 aircraft and five airframes in 6 squadrons.• Oversaw Flight Supply program; procured, stored, and issued flight equipment for aircrews on five airframes.• Evaluated and enforced regulations and standards concerning aircrew safety, including the airworthiness of Life Support Systems IAW AFI 11-301V1 and 11-301V2.• Forecasted AFE annual budget and scheduled weekly, monthly, and quarterly life support time-change and modification requirements.• Developed statistical trend analysis on training status to improve all aspects of the AFE training program.• Conducted equipment inventory of AFE Flight property and accounted for lost or damaged equipment items.• Communicated with 15 OSS Senior Leadership and independently provided quarterly and annual AFE critical supply & equipment needs for $6.2M+ in yearly flying hour supplies budget. • Developed training plans for 52 AFE Flight Personnel and steered weekly evals to monitor progress, & 100% completion. • Charged & directly supervised a 3-person GPC (Government Purchase Card) team to develop a yearly spending plan and advised senior leaders on expenditures of $300K. • Provided leadership, guidance, and instruction to 52 AFE personnel conducting AFE flight line operations and air load planning.• Maintained 4 Aircrew Flight Equipment accounts and oversaw $1.8M in PMEL and deployable assets. R/14’s equipment account documents were balanced for seven consecutive years, and 100% accountability was achieved.• Contracting Officer Representative for six outsourced critical PMEL equipment Items valued at $500K. Allocated funds and ensured equipment serviceability. Show less

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  RiverTech, an Akima Company

  Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Presented guidance and developed daily, weekly, & monthly analysis reports to senior leadership. • Developed/Tracked training assessments & synchronized training section for 130 C-17 Aircrew Members. Ensured 15th Wing Mission Readiness.• Coordinated C-17 Ops Aircrew Formal Training. Verified training, allocated funds, and coordinated commercial air travel to formal training destinations. • Interfaced with HARM (Host Aviation Resource Management) personnel to update the Aviation Resource ARMS (Aviation Resource Management System) or future equivalent systems to ARMS as required.• Advised Senior Leadership on C-17 Ops training-related issues. Ensured force protection training requirements and identified 15th Wing mission limitations.• Updated TMS (Training Management System). PEX (Patriot Excalibur) & pulled GTIMS (Graduate Training Integration) reports as required.• Directly assists the Training Flight Commander/director in managing all C-17 aircrew training-related functions. • Performed other Clerical and administrative work in support of the training/ 535AS organization. • Provided daily tracking of upgrade and continuation training accomplishment for the unit Operations Supervisor (or equivalent) and weekly summaries for the Operations Officer.• Administered classes and exams as required. Coordinated with scheduling to ensure crewmembers were scheduled for Crew Resource Management, Instructor Crew Resource Management, Instrument Refresher Course, and any grounding or pre-deployment training requirements. Show less

  • Aircrew Training Support Management

    Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

  • C-17 Training Support Manager

    Mar 2020 - Jul 2021
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  HII

  Aug 2021 - Jan 2024

  F-35 AFE (Aircrew Flight Equipment Training)