317th AG scores excellent during CUI

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  • By 1st Lt. Mary Spafford
  • 7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  The 317th Airlift Group recently participated in a Consolidated Unit Inspection conducted by the Air Mobility Command Inspector General, earning an overall grade of "excellent" April 23-27.

This inspection was the first of its kind since the release of new guidance combining a unit compliance inspection, Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation , and Logistics Compliance Assessment Program all into one inspection.

During the inspection, over 100 inspectors closely examined how the 317th AG's programs, plans, and procedures follow Air Force Instruction and Department of Defense Directives, performing more than 300 individual maintenance inspections, 82 flight examinations, and looking at 276 programs spread across the six squadrons.

The inspection results are graded on the Air Force five tier grading scale: Outstanding, Excellent, Satisfactory, Marginal, and Unsatisfactory. The 317th achieved impressive results, not scoring below a satisfactory in any of the eight major graded areas, and being graded an overall "excellent" for both the UCI and ASEV portions of the inspection, and an overall "outstanding" for the LCAP portion of the inspection.

"During the LCAP, maintainers pulled out an impossible feat," said Lt. Col Keith Green, 317th Airlift Group Director of Staff. "They scored an outstanding and completed over 300 inspections, it will be a long time before this happens again."

Quality assurance also scored an outstanding, completing over 300 tasks with a remarkable zero findings. "

We had our younger Airmen seeking out inspectors asking to be evaluated," Green said. "The evaluators refused because they had seen them do so many things in such outstanding ways."

The 317th AG has been preparing for this CUI since December, 2011, a mere day after the group underwent a change of command. In addition to the prepping for the first CUI inspection, the 317th Airlift Group has maintained full deployment rotations, remained the tip of the spear in airdrop innovation becoming the first unit to ever drop a Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System drop from above 10,000ft on a training line, and continued a complete overhaul of the group in the transition to the C-130(J) Super Hercules, proving why the 317th is AMC's premier airlift group.

"In my 26-year career, I have never seen a unit perform as well as the 317th AG did this year," Green said.

"Despite only being consolidated for four months, our knowledge operations managers stepped up to the challenge and prevailed," said Staff Sgt. Adrienne Sanders, superior performer. "Seven major programs were stood-up within that time despite the high daily operations tempo. Each program was inspected and commended for the amount of detail and hard work put in. I am overjoyed by the motivation and dedication of our airman."