THE ROCKETEER I ... :I...... •.-.'...................................~ ................. November 18, 1993 , • THE ROCKETEER THURSO~, NovEMaa! 18, 1993 New NAWCWPNS commander takes over December 14 W hen it was announced in late October that RAdm. William E. Newman expected orders to the Naval Air Systems Command in Wash- ington, D.C., and that the change ofNAWCWPNS com- mand had been scheduled for Dec. 14 at Point Mugu, a successor was not named. RAdm. Newman put the spec- ulatioo to rest, however, with a surprise announcement at the 50th Anniversary Salute to China Lakers dinner, Nov. 6, that RAdm. (Sel.) Dana B. McKinney would be the .new Weapons Division commander. In a news conference last week, Newman said McK- inney "is a great choice to relieve me. I know him per- sonally. He's got the perfect background for it. He was the program manager for the A-6 and EA-6B aircraft programs, and he was a primary customer here at China Lake and at Point Mugu. So he certainly understands this organization. I think you~lI have a good time with Admi- ral McKinney." Born in Oakland, Calif., McKinney is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and received his commission as a naval officer in June 1969. Designated a naval aviator in January 1971, be joined VAQW-13 flvinj! the A6-A. One of the first three pilots to transition to the EA-6B, McKinney had operational tours with VAQ-133 and VAQ-138, where he made four deploy- ments to the Mediterranean, serving in a variety of divi- sion and department head billets. He has flown more , than 3,000 hours in the EA-6B and has logged more than 1,000 carrier landings. His previous shore assigrunents include duty with VAQ-129, the EA-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) and the Naval Postgraduate School, where he served as a flight and electronic warfare instructor. He also served as landing signal officer (LSO) for the FRS and COMMATVAQWINGPAC; as technical advisor to NAVAIR for the visual display of the A-7 LSO Station; and as a project team pilot for EA-6B flight simulator. In 1983 be received a master of science degree in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School. In 1984, McKinney was assigned as XO ofVAQ-136, deployed aboard USS Midway. in Yokosuka, Japan. In 1985, he took command of the squadron. After tempo- rary instructor duty with the First Marine Air Wwg and completion of his command tour, he was ordered to Defense Systems Management College, where he gradu- ated in December 1987. Since that time he has served in the E-6/EA-6B Program Office. In 1990 he assumed command of PMA-234, which was formally transferred Please see MCKINNEY, Page 15 MWRHoIiday Schedule of Events From Thanksgiving dinner 10 New Year's haps, MVW:s holiday lineup includes Irips, Ioumomenls, dances and oornpeIiIMI_rs. 1. NAVAl Pw. W~ STAllON, CHiNA lAKE Vex. 49, No. 23 China Lake celebrates 50 years GUEST speaker james Colvard 9ives the keynde address at Chino Lake's 50th Anniversary 'Solute to Chino Lakers' dinner 011 Nov 6. See story 011 Page 11and various dher anniversary stories and photos throu9hOlJt this issue. The complete /ext d Colvard's speech will run in the nexI issue. Photo by Tarry Poocarolla NAVAIR's competency aligned organization Newman sees no downplaying of R&D in new realignment By Blrry McDoDlld Edib the changeover to the competency aligned organization, an organizational structure he feels will >mrk very well. He used the example of the Judge Advocate General I n the last issue of The Rocketeer, NAVAIR Com- Corps as a competency aligned organization. The leader- mander VAdm. William C. Bowes wrote about the ship for judicial expertise resides back in Washington, he future of the command and the planned realignment said, and the lawyers who serve their immediate com- into a competency aligned organization. Eight main mands do that under a fnune>mrk ofguidance and policy competencies were named, but while test and evaluation that comes from Washington. was one ofthem, research and development was not Using the T&E competency as an example, he said, At his "exit" news conference last week, RAdm. "'The resources of people, test ranges and test aircraft William E. Newman, NAWCWPNS Commander, said will be more closely monitored from the standpoint of that R&D would be included in the Engineering Compe- what do we need to get the job done? What are the puts tency. "You're not going to see a downplaying of the and takes as various programs ebb and flow? That's what research and development business as we know it," he it's envisiooed to do. Because of the way \\e are current- said. "It will be a part of the Engineering Competency Iy organized, we have a big transition to make to the and that will be one ofthe major competencies." competency aligned ocganization:' He explained further that VAdm. Bowes had accepted He said a number of industrial giants are currently his offer to serve as the organizational transition execu- going to this type of organization but on a smaller scale. live for roughly six months before taking a flag officer There are "knottier" problems to \Wrk out by trying to billet. In that capacity he will be involved in planning for· .... . . . , , ..' .... . ..... Please .see NEWMAN; Poge 15 , OCR Text: THE ROCKETEER I ... :I...... •.-.'...................................~ ................. November 18, 1993 , • THE ROCKETEER THURSO~, NovEMaa! 18, 1993 New NAWCWPNS commander takes over December 14 W hen it was announced in late October that RAdm. William E. Newman expected orders to the Naval Air Systems Command in Wash- ington, D.C., and that the change ofNAWCWPNS com- mand had been scheduled for Dec. 14 at Point Mugu, a successor was not named. RAdm. Newman put the spec- ulatioo to rest, however, with a surprise announcement at the 50th Anniversary Salute to China Lakers dinner, Nov. 6, that RAdm. (Sel.) Dana B. McKinney would be the .new Weapons Division commander. In a news conference last week, Newman said McK- inney "is a great choice to relieve me. I know him per- sonally. He's got the perfect background for it. He was the program manager for the A-6 and EA-6B aircraft programs, and he was a primary customer here at China Lake and at Point Mugu. So he certainly understands this organization. I think you~lI have a good time with Admi- ral McKinney." Born in Oakland, Calif., McKinney is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and received his commission as a naval officer in June 1969. Designated a naval aviator in January 1971, be joined VAQW-13 flvinj! the A6-A. One of the first three pilots to transition to the EA-6B, McKinney had operational tours with VAQ-133 and VAQ-138, where he made four deploy- ments to the Mediterranean, serving in a variety of divi- sion and department head billets. He has flown more , than 3,000 hours in the EA-6B and has logged more than 1,000 carrier landings. His previous shore assigrunents include duty with VAQ-129, the EA-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) and the Naval Postgraduate School, where he served as a flight and electronic warfare instructor. He also served as landing signal officer (LSO) for the FRS and COMMATVAQWINGPAC; as technical advisor to NAVAIR for the visual display of the A-7 LSO Station; and as a project team pilot for EA-6B flight simulator. In 1983 be received a master of science degree in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School. In 1984, McKinney was assigned as XO ofVAQ-136, deployed aboard USS Midway. in Yokosuka, Japan. In 1985, he took command of the squadron. After tempo- rary instructor duty with the First Marine Air Wwg and completion of his command tour, he was ordered to Defense Systems Management College, where he gradu- ated in December 1987. Since that time he has served in the E-6/EA-6B Program Office. In 1990 he assumed command of PMA-234, which was formally transferred Please see MCKINNEY, Page 15 MWRHoIiday Schedule of Events From Thanksgiving dinner 10 New Year's haps, MVW:s holiday lineup includes Irips, Ioumomenls, dances and oornpeIiIMI_rs. 1. NAVAl Pw. W~ STAllON, CHiNA lAKE Vex. 49, No. 23 China Lake celebrates 50 years GUEST speaker james Colvard 9ives the keynde address at Chino Lake's 50th Anniversary 'Solute to Chino Lakers' dinner 011 Nov 6. See story 011 Page 11and various dher anniversary stories and photos throu9hOlJt this issue. The complete /ext d Colvard's speech will run in the nexI issue. Photo by Tarry Poocarolla NAVAIR's competency aligned organization Newman sees no downplaying of R&D in new realignment By Blrry McDoDlld Edib the changeover to the competency aligned organization, an organizational structure he feels will >mrk very well. He used the example of the Judge Advocate General I n the last issue of The Rocketeer, NAVAIR Com- Corps as a competency aligned organization. The leader- mander VAdm. William C. Bowes wrote about the ship for judicial expertise resides back in Washington, he future of the command and the planned realignment said, and the lawyers who serve their immediate com- into a competency aligned organization. Eight main mands do that under a fnune>mrk ofguidance and policy competencies were named, but while test and evaluation that comes from Washington. was one ofthem, research and development was not Using the T&E competency as an example, he said, At his "exit" news conference last week, RAdm. "'The resources of people, test ranges and test aircraft William E. Newman, NAWCWPNS Commander, said will be more closely monitored from the standpoint of that R&D would be included in the Engineering Compe- what do we need to get the job done? What are the puts tency. "You're not going to see a downplaying of the and takes as various programs ebb and flow? That's what research and development business as we know it," he it's envisiooed to do. Because of the way \\e are current- said. "It will be a part of the Engineering Competency Iy organized, we have a big transition to make to the and that will be one ofthe major competencies." competency aligned ocganization:' He explained further that VAdm. Bowes had accepted He said a number of industrial giants are currently his offer to serve as the organizational transition execu- going to this type of organization but on a smaller scale. live for roughly six months before taking a flag officer There are "knottier" problems to \Wrk out by trying to billet. In that capacity he will be involved in planning for· .... . . . , , ..' .... . ..... Please .see NEWMAN; Poge 15 , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1993,Rktr11.18.1993.pdf,Rktr11.18.1993.pdf Page 1, Rktr11.18.1993.pdf Page 1