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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Flightline of the Future Summit explores Tyndall AFB flightline optionsPublished Feb. 9, 2021
                    
                    By Kortinae Lozano
                    
                    
                    Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs
            **TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) --**The**Tyndall Air Force Base** Program Management Office hosted a Flightline of the Future Summit Feb. 3 to explore opportunities to turn the base’s current flightline into a high-tech resource for the missions of tomorrow.“We are incorporating visions across the enterprise to perfect the overall Installation of the Future concept, which includes a smart flightline,” said Col. Travis Leighton, PMO director. “The flightline of the future will directly impact Tyndall (AFB)’s newest mission to house three squadrons of**F-35 Lightning II** fighter jets coming in 2023,” he said.The **A****ir Force Installation and Mission Support Center**, through the **Air Force Civil Engineer Center**, manages the work of the PMO.Charged with leading the rebuild and helping the 325th Fighter Wing bring their strategic vision to life, the PMO’s work at Tyndall AFB will serve as a model for other installations, said**Brig. Gen. John Allen**, AFCEC commander.“The decisions that are made at Tyndall (AFB) throughout the rebuild are blazing the trail for future installations and the way in which we approach meeting their installations and mission support needs,” Allen said.
With a mostly virtual attendance of approximately 60 subject matter experts, the PMO invited key stakeholders to compare strategic plans and share lessons learned — information that is valuable to the program during the initial stages of the project. Partners such as the**U.S. Army Corps of Engineers** and **Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Rapid Sustainment Office** shed some light on existing prototypes being tested across the Department of Defense. There were also discussions about novel technologies available to help the working group visualize what a flightline of the future might look like.Ideas like sensing the flightline to allow for aircraft predictive maintenance and converting maintainer data documentation into a completely electronic inputting system were brought to the table as probable improvements.
The PMO also called on the**325th Operations Group** to provide insight on what the flightline of the future means to the Airmen who would interact with the technology on a daily basis. Ranging from airfield sweeper robots to an enhanced lightning detection system, 325th OG presented a wish list of new systems and innovative solutions that would greatly optimize day-to-day flightline processes.For the ultimate inspiration, the event closed out with a tour of Tyndall AFB’s current flightline to put the what-ifs into real-life perspective.
The PMO will continue planning efforts for the flightline of the future, leveraging partnerships along the way to become knowledgeable about technologies in the commercial and private sectors for utilization.
“We’re eager to partner with those who attended our event,” said Lowell Usrey, Tyndall AFB PMO innovation chief. “We’ve been encouraged to go out and conquer when it comes to innovation, and rightfully so. Anything we do here will be providing for the entire enterprise – the Air Force, not just Tyndall (AFB).”Visit**https://www.afimsc.af.mil/TyndallPMO** for pictures from the Flightline of the Future Summit event and more on the Tyndall AFB rebuild progress.AFWN 



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