Mr. Deryl W. Israel, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Executive Director, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The center provides worldwide logistics management, engineering, supply, contracting and depot maintenance for a wide variety of aircraft and weapon systems. This includes logistics support for C-130 and C-5 transport aircraft, F-15 fighters, U-2 reconnaissance aircraft as well as support for unmanned aircraft systems, Air Force helicopters, air-to-air missiles, surface motor vehicles, high-technology airborne electronics, and electronic warfare systems. Other responsibilities include comprehensive logistics support and sustainment of the E-8C Joint STARS weapon system through a total-system support responsibility and contractor logistics support depot partnering relationship. The center is the largest industrial complex in the state of Georgia.
Mr. Israel entered federal service in 1976 as a project engineer at Warner Robins ALC. He has subsequently held numerous Air Force technical and management positions, including adviser for logistics technology management, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Engineering at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, and Deputy Competition Advocate General of the Air Force in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. He has also served as Director of the C-17 Partnership Office, Warner Robins ALC, where he led a command-wide team to build the government's proposal and long-term sustainment public/private partnership for the C-17. Mr. Israel served as Director of the Engineering Directorate, Ogden ALC, Hill AFB, Utah, where he was responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of the technical policies and processes, as well as the overall scientific and engineering expertise for the ALC.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Israel was the Director, Engineering and Acquisition Excellence Directorate, Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. There, he was responsible for the quality and effectiveness of engineering, logistics, and program management support provided to weapon systems developed and acquired by the center.
EDUCATION
1976 Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, highest honors, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
1978 Master's degree in electrical engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
1982 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar
1990 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
1991 Defense Systems Management College, Program Management Course 91-2, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1999 Federal Executive Institute, Leadership for a Democratic Society, Charlottesville, Va.
2007 Executive Course on National and International Security, George
Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2008 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. July 1976 - January 1978, project engineer, Electronic Countermeasures Pods, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga.
2. January 1978 - December 1978, graduate student, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
3. December 1978 - December 1979, system engineer, ALQ-119 ECM Pod, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
4. December 1979 - March 1983, lead system engineer, ALQ-184 ECM Pod, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
5. March 1983 - December 1985, ECM technical consultant, Tactical ECM Systems Engineering Section, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
6. December 1985 - November 1987, chief engineer, Electronic Warfare Management Division, Materiel Management Directorate, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
7. November 1987 - July 1988, Chief, Electronic Combat Systems, Foreign Military Sales Engineering Section, later, Chief, Electronic Combat Receiver Systems, Engineering Section, Electronic Warfare Management Division, Materiel Management Directorate, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
8. July 1988 - August 1989, adviser for logistics technology management, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Engineering, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
9. August 1989 - June 1990, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
10. June 1990 - June 1993, Chief, Airborne Radar Branch, Avionics Management Directorate, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
11. June 1993 - August 1994, Deputy Competition Advocate General of the Air Force, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
12. August 1994 - June 1995, Deputy Director of the Space and Special Systems Management Directorate, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
13. June 1995 - September 1997, Deputy Director of the Avionics Management Directorate, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
14. September 1997 - October 2000, Deputy Director of the C-141 System Program Office, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
15. October 2000 - September 2003, Director, C-17 Partnership Office, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga.
16. September 2003 - August 2006, Director, Engineering Directorate, Ogden ALC, Hill AFB, Utah
17. August 2006 - July 2009, Director, Engineering and Acquisition Excellence Directorate, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
18. July 2009 - present, Executive Director, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Air Force Logistics Command Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Award
Air Force Award for Valor
Meritorious Civilian Service Award
Exemplary Civilian Service Award
(Current as of December 2009)