Justin Pierce

Strategic Advisor to the 1st Fighter Wing Commander in the planning, execution, and monitoring of Inspector General inspection activities for 15 units, containing 2,038 personnel, tasked with employing 114 aircraft valued at $12.5 billion. Leads an elite Total Force Integrated (TFI) team conducting Wing and Unit Self-Inspections, and advises all Commanders regarding their Commander’s Inspection Program. Validates the deficiency database and inspection/exercise reports before publishing, monitoring the corrective action plan progress for all units. Moreover, I was selected to execute Senior Enlisted Leader duties for 8 Wing Staff Agencies, ensuring talent management actions for Active Duty and Civilian personnel, comprised of 70 military and civilian personnel.

• Planned and executed 23 compliance assessments, driving a robust inspection program, resulting in 185 corrective action plans, fueling compliance initiatives ahead of FW's first-ever UEI Combat Readiness Inspection.
• Coordinated 48 manpower requests with ACC and ANG partners in support of contingency surge operations, and oversaw the funding action of 137 FY25 positions while leveraging total force integration relationships across the Air Base Wing.
• Established and executed the 1st Fighter Wing's climate assessment program for 15 units, fortifying an anonymous communication network for 2,100 members, and attaining a competitive 45% completion rate for commander utilization to identify and correct potential issues affecting their unit's morale and readiness.

Lead Command Fabrication Program Manager; responsible for balancing manpower, equipment, and expertise for five AFSCs across 49 organizations. Directed the planning, programming, budgeting, and leveling, supporting $121M in acquisitions and sustainment for 51 facilities, and 17 weapon systems. Managed a $650 million corrosion prevention program for 2,600 aircraft. Developed 5th-generation DoD program directives for the F-22 and F-35 fighters, valued at $5.5 billion.

• Led ACC's COVID-19 decontamination policy for 15 platforms through steadfast coordination with special program offices and HAF materials research subject matter experts, delivering prompt guidance to operational leaders, safeguarding 85,000 personnel.
• Stood up 19 repair networks to enhance field repair capabilities, increasing global effectiveness by 35% to relieve depot backlogs.
• Delivered an innovative approval process to request expedited critical engineering repair guidance for 23 F-15E assets, increasing approval and restoration timelines to safeguard deployment operations at three contingency locations.
• Analyzed 350 low observable and aircraft structural maintenance tasks, advancing into one multi-capable career field for agile combat employment, saving $30M annually with the success of the merger.
• Handpicked to lead a COMACC-directed, 25-member team, establishing new requirements for aircraft markings across ACC to increase operational security against growing adversarial concerns.
• Authored absent E-11A corrosion sustainment requirements to increase platform expectancy by 25%, safeguarding battlefield intelligence communication capabilities to AOR combatant commanders.
• Headed ACC's Defense Property Accountability System integration for 19 wings. Authored and delivered a clear policy driving expedited support equipment transfers from a legacy system, with minimal interruptions to inspection cycles.

Led 368 military, contractor, and civilian members, comprised of six specialty sections, executing real-world mission sortie generation of 30 U-2, 11 T-38, and 18 RQ-4 aircraft, valued at $3 billion. Managed 80 F-118/F-137 engines and support equipment valued at $280M to sustain JCS, NATO, CENTCOM, and POTUS ISR taskings. Coordinated annual, monthly, and weekly maintenance schedules to meet the annual flying schedule for 3K sorties, and 14K flight hours. Ensured Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) oversight, ensuring on-time completion across the fleet. Initiated, reviewed, and coordinated engineering requests, maximizing field-level repair authority, and used trend analysis to recommend Technical Order improvements and updates.

• Oversaw 14 200-hour post-flight inspections; directed 1.5K tasks, 57 personnel, securing a 99% mission effectiveness rating.
• Filled two short-notice deployment taskings as the 1st and 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron Production Superintendent. Generated 358 high-altitude reconnaissance sorties and the collection of 54K images, securing the Squadron's General Leo Marquez win.
• Directed 725 maintenance tasks, 51 time compliance inspections, and 4 delayed discrepancies, securing the 1st "Black Letter Jet" in three years that had no active discrepancies against the airframe.

Supervises 35 Airmen, oversees maintenance on 18 RQ-4, 11 T-38, 29 U-2, and 580 Aerospace Ground Equipment units valued at $3 billion. Plans and directs repairs and modifications utilizing sheet metal, tubing, fiberglass, honeycomb, and advanced composite materials. Interprets diagrams and technical data, coordinates with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman engineers to complete depot-level repairs. Oversees training, mx quality, personnel qualifications, and resource management; monitors IMDS and forms for accuracy.

• Drove a contaminated hangar contract, securing $500K for abatement actions, restoring vital fuel cell operations, and earned ACC's Aviation SE Award.
• Managed the Wing's largest HAZMAT site; redesigned accumulation strategies and storage requirements, negating a $15K/year materials waste, securing an 'Excellent' on the consolidated unit inspection.
• Oversaw 6,000 maintenance actions for 35 personnel, contributing to 7,000 sorties and 90,000 exploited images supporting 9 Combatant Commanders, contributing to the Wings' consecutive Air Force Outstanding Unit Award wins.