Jeffrey R. Sick, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Logistics, Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Mr. Sick acts as the center integrator to coordinate the broad range of center logistics capabilities for a geographically-dispersed workforce of 43,000 personnel across three air logistics complexes, two supply chain wings, and three air base wings. The Logistics Directorate prioritizes center goals, objectives and integrates the center’s critical capability areas: Strategic Planning, Resource Management, Process Management and Guidance and Sustainment Performance Management, Logistics Operations and Weapons System Integration. The Logistics Directorate drives the center to standardize and integrate its planning activities, resources, policies and procedures. These capabilities work in concert to ensure the center plans and executes to be effective and efficient.
Mr. Sick joined the Air Force Sustainment Center in 2017. He has more than 31 years of experience and has served in a variety of positions to include program management, squadron command, deputy materiel group command, maintenance group command and culminating as the Logistics Directorate Vice Commander. He has held tactical, strategic and executive level leadership positions across the Department of Defense. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Sick was the Director of Depot Modernization and Supply Chain Processes Division, Air Force Sustainment Center, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.
EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
1988 Aircraft Maintenance Officers Procedures Course, Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.
1995 Master of Science, Aeronautics, Embry Riddle University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1999 Master of Military Art and History, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1999 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2006 National Defense Fellow, Matthew B. Ridgeway Center, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
2016 Defense Acquisition University, DAWIA Level 3 Course, Fort Belvoir, Va.
CERTIFICATIONS
1996 Certified Acquisition Professional “Level “III” Acquisition Logistics
1997 Certified Acquisition Professional “Level “II” Program Management
2016 Certified Acquisition Professional “Level “III” Program Management
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1988–November 1988, Student, Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course, Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.
2. December 1988–October 1990, Maintenance Supervisor, 509th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, Pease AFB, N.H.
3. November 1990–October 1993, Officer in Charge, 28th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
4. November 1993–December 1996, Chief, JOINT STARS Tech Order Program Office, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
5. December 1996–July 1998, Executive Officer, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom, AFB, Mass.
6. August 1998–June 1999, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB Ala.
7. July 1999–June 2002, Squadron Maintenance Officer and Commander, 62d Aircraft Generation Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash.
8. July 2002–July 2005, Chief, Joint Planning (CCJ4-P), Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
9. August 2005–June 2006, National Defense Fellow, Ridgway Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
10. Jun 2006–Apr 2007, Deputy Director, 884th Combat Sustainment Group, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah
11. April 2007–July 2009, Commander, 76th Commodities Maintenance Group, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla.
12. July 2009–2012, Vice Commander, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, Scott AFB, Ill.
13. July 2012–June 2014, Vice Director, Logistics Directorate, Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker AFB, Okla.
14. June 2014–September 2017, Director, Program Management Competency, (NAVAIR 1.0), Fleet Readiness Center East, Cherry Point, N.C.
15. September 2017–April 2020, Director, Depot Modernization and Supply Chain Processes Division 16. April 2020–present, Director, Logistics Directorate, Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker AFB, Okla.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1996 Air Force Lieutenant General O’Neil Award for Acquisition Excellence
2000 Air Force Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award (Aircraft Maintenance Excellence)
2002 Led 62nd AGS to selection as BEST Medium Sized Unit in Department of Defense
2003 Air Mobility Command’s Lance P. Sijan Award Winner (Leadership Excellence)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 9, 1988
First Lieutenant May 9, 1990
Captain May 1, 1992
Major Aug. 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 1, 2003
Colonel Jan. 1, 2007
GS-15 June 6, 2014
Senior Executive Service, April 12, 2020
(Current as of March 2022)