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The Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base faces the loss of up to two out of four paid positions due to 2012 cutbacks mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The loss of full-time personnel is less than museum staff had anticipated. Rumors had circulated within the Air Mobility Command that up to three full-time positions would be cut, but they turned out to be unsubstantiated, said Sgt. Chad Padgett of the Dover Air Force Base Public Affairs Office.
One of the four paid positions at the museum, assisted heavily by volunteers, is a temporary position that was always on the chopping block, Padgett said. Temporary positions last for one year.
One of the three permanent positions is also still up for elimination, Padgett said.
“But anything could change between now and Jan. 15,” he said. “That’s when everything is finalized.”
Namely, all four jobs could be kept depending on people taking voluntary retirements and other attrition, Padgett said.
Things appeared more dire earlier simply because of “a miscommunication,” said Lt. Col. Jon Fullerton, the 436th Airlift Wing Command Post commander that oversees the museum.
“So, we’ve got two of those three permanent positions back,” he said. “The fourth was temporary in nature anyway.”
The 436th has more than 4,000 active-duty military and civilian employees – including 1,600 civilian positions.
Air Mobility Command Museum Director Mike Leister, who had been recently vocal on the matter of pending job cuts, declined to talk about the latest news on staffing cuts.
“I am not going to make any comment on this,” he said.
Dover Air Force Base will eliminate 40 civilian support positions within its active duty military unit by the fall of 2012 in light of the 9,000 civilian positions being eliminated nationwide by the U.S. Air Force.
The proposed staffing cuts at the Air Mobility Command are part of the 40 job cuts, Padgett said.
The U.S. Air Force will add 5,900 military positions in acquisition, nuclear enterprise, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other key areas while reducing 9,000 civilian jobs.
Dover Air Force Base operates the largest and busiest airfreight terminal in the U.S. Department of Defense. The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs is the Department of Defense's largest joint-service mortuary facility and the only one located in the continental United States.
Dover Air Force Base officials have said they wished to fulfill the cuts through attrition as much as possible.
“People are being moved into mission critical positions and unmanned positions are being cut,” Padgett said. “That’s what we’re aiming for.”
The Air Mobility Command Museum opened in 1986. It has up to 150 volunteers, Padgett said. It draws thousands of visitors each year.
“I can’t speak on what these jobs do,” he said. “But they’ve had 25 years and have a strong volunteer core. I have no doubt it will continue to prosper.”
The Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base faces the loss of up to two out of four paid positions due to 2012 cutbacks mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The loss of full-time personnel is less than museum staff had anticipated. Rumors had circulated within the Air Mobility Command that up to three full-time positions would be cut, but they turned out to be unsubstantiated, said Sgt. Chad Padgett of the Dover Air Force Base Public Affairs Office.
One of the four paid positions at the museum, assisted heavily by volunteers, is a temporary position that was always on the chopping block, Padgett said. Temporary positions last for one year.
One of the three permanent positions is also still up for elimination, Padgett said.
“But anything could change between now and Jan. 15,” he said. “That’s when everything is finalized.”
Namely, all four jobs could be kept depending on people taking voluntary retirements and other attrition, Padgett said.
Things appeared more dire earlier simply because of “a miscommunication,” said Lt. Col. Jon Fullerton, the 436th Airlift Wing Command Post commander that oversees the museum.
“So, we’ve got two of those three permanent positions back,” he said. “The fourth was temporary in nature anyway.”
The 436th has more than 4,000 active-duty military and civilian employees – including 1,600 civilian positions.
Air Mobility Command Museum Director Mike Leister, who had been recently vocal on the matter of pending job cuts, declined to talk about the latest news on staffing cuts.
“I am not going to make any comment on this,” he said.
Dover Air Force Base will eliminate 40 civilian support positions within its active duty military unit by the fall of 2012 in light of the 9,000 civilian positions being eliminated nationwide by the U.S. Air Force.
The proposed staffing cuts at the Air Mobility Command are part of the 40 job cuts, Padgett said.
The U.S. Air Force will add 5,900 military positions in acquisition, nuclear enterprise, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other key areas while reducing 9,000 civilian jobs.
Dover Air Force Base operates the largest and busiest airfreight terminal in the U.S. Department of Defense. The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs is the Department of Defense's largest joint-service mortuary facility and the only one located in the continental United States.
Dover Air Force Base officials have said they wished to fulfill the cuts through attrition as much as possible.
“People are being moved into mission critical positions and unmanned positions are being cut,” Padgett said. “That’s what we’re aiming for.”
The Air Mobility Command Museum opened in 1986. It has up to 150 volunteers, Padgett said. It draws thousands of visitors each year.
“I can’t speak on what these jobs do,” he said. “But they’ve had 25 years and have a strong volunteer core. I have no doubt it will continue to prosper.”
