Air Force print news (Oct. 17, 2005): Air Force, small business specialists top defense awards.WASHINGTON (AFPN AFPN Air Force Print News AFPN American Forces Philippines Network (former AFRTS network in the Philippine Islands ) -- The Air Force is the top-performing major defense agency in the Department of Defense Small Business Program for fiscal 2004, defense officials said. Also, two Air Force small business professionals earned awards, rounding out the top honors for the Air Force. The recognition is the highest DoD agency-level small business program award. Air Force received the award in a ceremony in December at the Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering . Elizabeth A. Bryant, formerly of the 460th Space Wing, Buckley Air Force Base Buckley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Aurora, Colorado, that was established in 1943. The host wing is the 460th Space Wing, a unit of the Air Force Space Command. , Colo., is the DoD Small Business Specialist for 2004. Reinette Alecozay, Air Education and Training Command Air Education and Training Command (AETC) was established July 1, 1993, with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University. It is one of ten major commands (MAJCOMs), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HQ USAF). , Randolph AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Texas, is the DoD Small Business Contracting Professional of the Year. "What an honor for all Air Force small business specialists who contributed so much to the Air Force award, and these two small business professionals whose individual achievements have been recognized," said Joseph G. Diamond, director of the Air Force Office of Small and Disadvantaged This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. Business Utilization. For the Air Force to take the top award attests to the strong partnership between small business specialists and Air Force leaders, he said. Wing commanders, and support group commanders in particular, also play a vital role in promoting the advocacy of small businesses. "And the senior Air Force leadership continues to emphasize that small business provides affordable, effective, and sustainable warfighting capabilities to the Air Force," he said Bryant earned the honor for her education and recruiting program that doubled the number of small business awards at her wing since 2002. Her business strategy also enabled the unit to exceed its HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) goal for the first time. Alecozay earned the award for pioneering Air Force Education and Training Command's first set-aside for the Foreign Military Sales That portion of United States security assistance authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as amended. This assistance differs from the Military Assistance Program and the International Military Education and Training Program aircraft maintenance services. The resulting "best-value" award to a small business contractor has the potential to save more than $10 million over the five-year life of the contract. |
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