Robert Wade, 47th Maintenance Directorate chief of data management and Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century program facilitator, explains the team’s wall diagram detailing the current status of T-38 maintenance procedures to Col. Tom Murphy, 47th Flying Training Wing commander during an AFSO 21 meeting at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 6, 2013. AFSO 21 is a multi-step continuous process improvement system developed to review the processes used by organizations for waste and unproductive procedures. The tool was used to review how the T-38 is maintained at Laughlin from start to finish with new inspection guidelines added that risked impacting Laughlin’s mission of training world class pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nathan Maysonet)