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1 ,,,,, One Center Three Air Logistics Complexes Three Air Base Wings Two Supply Chain Wings with a diverse mission set Art of the Possible Handbook AFSCH60-101 28 DECEMBER 2021 Air Force Sustainment Center 1 The Air Force Sustainment Center s (AFSC) mission is to deliver combat power for America. Our success is the foundation of the warfighter's success, whether it is ensuring our nation's nuclear deterrent, maintaining air supremacy, fueling the fight, or delivering hope and saving lives. Our warriors in combat cannot succeed without the air, space, and cyberspace capabilities the AFSC produces.

2 Behind this war-winning mission, we have an amazing team. If you look at how far the organization has come since its inception, it is truly a model for success. Moving forward, there will be no change in direction away from the fundamentals that have made AFSC great under its first three commanders. Together, we will build on the legacy of greatness already achieved, as we continue to explore the many untapped opportunities Art of the Possible (AoP) can provide. With your hard work, dedication and professionalism, AFSC will continue to realize incredible results across the enterprise.

3 The reward will be improved war-winning capabilities in the hands of our Total Force Airmen. AoP is the fundamental basis of how we operate across the entire AFSC. It is not what we do, it is HOW we do everything. It is both a philosophy and a methodology that enables us to achieve significant results while being good stewards of taxpayer dollars. It is also the playbook that allows us to operate as one team across each of our 26 operating locations. We directly benefit our customers and our suppliers when we speak with a consistent voice and use one set of operating principles.

4 We are one team, with one operating system, one language, and common goals. This is what makes us a world-class organization. AoP enables us to have a better understanding of our processes and identify the constraint that prevents us from operating better, faster, and cheaper. Once we understand the constraint, we can directly focus our resources and energy to resolve it, resulting in increased throughput. Throughput is King! It does not matter if we are conducting aircraft maintenance in one of our Complexes, or executing mission support action in one of our Air Base Wings, there are processes we must follow.

5 By focusing on the constraint within every process, we gain a better understanding of how to improve our efficiency in every area of the AFSC. AoP requires leadership and commitment at all levels. While we embrace the challenges of AoP and recognize its benefits, every leader must commit to its principles to make it work. I expect all leaders to have the ability to build and run a team, to influence outside organizations, and to possess mastery of their processes. AoP is our management framework for all processes. It provides the right way to achieve the right results.

6 Getting the right results the wrong way is not only non-compliant, it is not sustainable. This handbook is an important part of institutionalizing AoP across our enterprise. It reflects collective experiences, lessons learned, best practices, acumen, and important content on how AoP will be applied in every work area. This handbook is the foundation of our training activities and I expect every supervisor and leader within AFSC to be very familiar with its purpose and content and to apply it every day! AoP must be the thread that runs through everything we do.

7 Through commitment and disciplined implementation, we will continue to operationalize AoP and make continuous process improvement and cost-consciousness a part of our culture. AoP is how we do business, and through your leadership, it will help us meet the challenges facing our organizations so we can continue to deliver even more combat power for America. Your Fellow Airman, Tom D. Miller Lieutenant General, USAF Commander 2 BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER AIR Force Sustainment CENTER AIR Force Sustainment CENTER HANDBOOK 60-101 28 DECEMBER 2021 Standardization ART OF THE POSSIBLE HANDBOOKACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at for downloading or ordering.

8 RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication. OPR: AFSC/LZZ Certified by: AFSC/LG (Mr. Jeffrey S. Sick, SES) Supersedes: AFSCH 60-101, 4 March 2021 Pages: 177 This is a newly revised handbook and should be reviewed in its entirety. As stated in Joint Publication (JP) 4-0, Joint Logistics, the relative combat power that military forces can generate against an adversary is constrained by a nation s capability to plan for, gain access to, and deliver forces and materiel to required points of application. Art of the Possible (AoP) is the constraints based management system used by the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) to provide effective support to the delivery of combat power by the warfighter.

9 This handbook implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 60-1, Air Force Standardization Program and prescribes minimum requirements for implementing AoP, a standard constraints based management system for managing, conducting, tracking, and reporting workload performed within AFSC. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) listed above using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication. Route AF Form 847s from the field through the appropriate chain of command.

10 Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and disposed of In Accordance With (IAW) Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) located in the Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS). SUMMARY OF CHANGES Administrative changes have been made to the AFSC commander letter and the executive summary. Previous changes to this document are below. Major changes include an expanded discussion on engaged leadership and the Leadership Model, questions for maturing AoP and growing leaders, and the necessity of positive accountability.