Mary Carios

Directs operations for 507 military & civilian personnel across 8 functional areas, 51 facilities, and 16 specialty codes. Manages quality and production for 42 C-130H & J aircraft valued at $6.5B, supporting 4 Airlift Squadrons spanning 3 United States Air Force Major Commands and foreign partners. Oversees personnel, equipment, and aircraft component overhauls & fabrication actions to meet and execute 14.3K annual flying-hour requirements and mission-ready aircrew program.

• Monitored budget and utilized operational resources.
• Achieved team goals through formalized training plans, coaching, and performance management.
• Oversaw day-to-day production activities in accordance with business objectives.
• Defined, implemented, and revised operational policies and guidelines.

Leads and mentors 57 personnel across 8 sections to provide maintenance operations support for 9 C-17s, 27 F-22s, and 7 KC-135s valued at $6.6 billion. Serves as a principal advisor to 15th Maintenance Group Commander for aircraft planning requirements, sortie generation, special studies, fleet health management, and AF Forces Generation. Directs and reports maintenance training for 535 members and overseees 32 maintenance facilities worth $600 million.

Leads the synchronization, evaluation, and vectoring of 15 squadrons, 20,000 Airmen in support of
Wing Commander objectives. Provides supervisory control over official correspondence, HHQ
suspenses, and wing-level taskings. Expertly advises commanders in the wing on issues, policies,
and procedures for 2,000-member wing. Prepares analysis and briefings shaping wing policies
directing staff meetings, DV visits and 11th AF operational reports.

I lead 43 Total Force personnel to include Traditional Guardsmen, Active Guard Reserves, and Active Duty military personnel providing on and off equipment maintenance support for 9 C-17's valued over $2.4 billiion. Additionally, I administered the Wing's Crashed, Damaged, or Disabled Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR) program maintaining equipment valued over $1.2 million and ensuring aircraft recovery operations for over four-thousand sorties annually.

I lead over 300 Active Duty Airmen providing maintenance support for 26 combat coded F-35A aircraft valued over $2.6 billion. All aspects of flight line maintenance, personnel readiness, aircraft bed drown and operations fell under my purview.

I lead and manage over 70 professional Airmen who provide logistics support to the 388th Fighter Wing. The Flight fuses multiple facets of logistics readiness, including supply chain management, warehouse operations, deployment management, readiness reporting, distribution, air transportation, deliberate and crisis action logistics planning, shipping and receiving, and customer service. We directly support the first three combat coded F-35A fighter squadrons and two maintenances squadrons that keep up to 78 primarily assigned aircraft mission ready to support contingency operations worldwide.