Laughlin XLer: Capt. Kevin A. Calloway, 434th FTS

Capt. Kevin A. Calloway, center, 434th Flying Training Squadron assistant operations officer and T-6 instructor pilot, poses with Col. Brian Hastings, left, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, his wife Anamarky and child Camila, right, and Chief Master Sgt. Teresa Clapper, far right, 47th FTW command chief, after accepting the XLer of the Week award here May 20, 2015. The XLer is a weekly award chosen by wing leadership and is presented to those who consistently make outstanding contributions to their unit and Laughlin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Brandon May)(Released)

Laughlin XLer: Capt. Kevin Calloway, 434th FTS

Published May 28, 2015
By 47th Flying Training Wing

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Unit and job title: 434th FTS assistant operations officer and T-6 instructor pilot

Why he XLed: Calloway analyzed four years of T-6 Texan II sortie data to determine how many effective sorties were flown and where sortie attrition occurred; determining the cause of why too few sorties had been flown to produce the number of pilots that are supposed to graduate each year. This analysis of why sorties were lost was directly used to brief the 19th Air Force commander. He conducted two $387,000 gradebook evaluations that decided whether a student will remain in training or be eliminated. He also completed his runway supervisory unit upgrade and oversaw 2,200 aircraft takeoffs and landings over 11 tours. Calloway administered 105 ground training events for 35 students that consisted of emergency procedure quizzes and stand-up emergency procedures that led to students having a 100 percent general knowledge pass-rate. Lastly, he helped a team of T-6 instructors, Air Force Academy cadets and Air Force Academy instructors analyze scheduling inefficiencies, which led to the creation of a scheduling program that has reduced the amount of work the schedulers have to do by approximately 120 hours per week.