Company: Republic of Korea Air Force, Gyeryong, Korea
Company Description: Republic of Korea Air Force(ROKAF).The ROKAF was founded with 20 Aircraft in 1949.The ROKAF, under the command of AF HQs, has three Commands with direct controlled unit such as AF Academy and Air Combat Development Wing. ROKAF is consisted with 65,000 personnel. It has 12 Aviation Wings, including Logistics and Training Wing, and 3 Air Defense Artillery Wings.
Nomination Category: Management Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Executive of the Year in Asia (China, Japan, and Korea)

Nomination Title: Kim, Eun Gi, Chief of Staff, ROKAF

   1. Tell the story about what this nominee achieved (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

          A. Background
          Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) faced difficult times externally with N.
          Korean nuclear test in October 2006. Internally a decline in the number of
          experienced airmen, and the prolonged lull after the armistice resulted in a
          lax sense of readiness.

          B. ROKAF Transformation
          The Chief of staff, General Kim, Eun Gi assumed his office during the most
          trying time for ROKAF. He proposed plans to enforce rules and disciplines, and
          to regain the trust of the public by transforming ROKAF into a capable force.

          C. Soaring Eagle Project
          The project consists of six major parts. It was a large scale project
          encompassing all air force. The first part focused on reforming education and
          training. The second part focused on creating a rational human resources
          management system to build a transparent HR system. The third part focuses on
          concretizing the future vision. The fourth part focuses on securing dominant
          operation capability. The fifth part focuses on building an aerospace force.
          And the final part focuses on the Balanced Score Card (BSC) system
          transforming the air force into a systematic organization.

          D. Results

          a. Producing Capable Personnel
          - ROKAF introduced a domestically manufactured T-50 aircraft and was able to
          reduce training time by five months. Furthermore, training expense was saved
          by around $700,000 per pilot.

          - ROKAF was able to establish a training environment without having to
          interfere in the personnel service period. Currently, training courses provide
          school credits (12 courses, 14 subjects)

          b. Rational Human Resources Management
          - Online job training programs are provided to master sergeant rank or above.
          Education results are reflected in personnel evaluation in order to motivate
          learning and participation.

          c. Realizing Future Vision
          - Since its first deployment, the Daiman unit accomplished several impressive
          records such as 2000 combat operation hours without accident, It also achieved
          1000 combat operation sorties, and reached its 1000th day in Kuwait as of July
          2007.

          d. Acquiring Dominant Operation Capability
          - In the case of F-4E aircraft, the availability rate was improved through
          enhancing maintenance capability and minimizing failures. In 2006, the rate of
          failure per 100 sorties was 2.39. In 2007, it was 2.04. In the case of KF-16,
          the availability rate was 66% on April 2007. The rate was increased to 80% by
          December 2007. As of April 2008, the rate reached 82%.

          - The aircraft availability rate is above 85% this year, and the maintenance
          budget was increased by 39% to reach 627 million dollars.
           
          - KOLAS certification for POL Test was acquired to improve test capability and
          to increase credibility in D-level POL test results. 

          e. Establishing an Aerospace Force
          - During the Dubai conference, ROKAF presented the IMFACC plan and received
          positive responses from 25 countries participated in the conference. Which is
          a plan to build a International Military Flight Training Center.

          f. Operation System Reform
          - In order to regain public confidence on logistics system previously damaged
          by poor maintenance and aircraft-related accidents, the Logistics Command
          acquired the ISO 9001

   2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20070608&writeDateChk=20070608&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=3&menuCnt=30911  
          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/ForumType.jsp?writeDate=20070621&writeDateChk=20070621&menuCd=3002&menuSeq=1&kindSeq=2&menuCnt=30912

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080118&writeDateChk=20080118&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=2&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20071220&writeDateChk=20071220&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=1&kindSeq=10&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20071004&writeDateChk=20071004&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=3&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20071221&writeDateChk=20071221&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=1&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080213&writeDateChk=20080213&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=1&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080424&writeDateChk=20080424&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=4&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/PolicyTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080325&writeDateChk=20080325&menuCd=3001&menuSeq=1&kindSeq=1&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080325&writeDateChk=20080325&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=2&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20070613&writeDateChk=20070613&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=3&menuCnt=30911

          http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/HearTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080408&writeDateChk=20080408&menuCd=3004&menuSeq=2&kindSeq=1&menuCnt=30911

   3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about this nominee:

           Kim, Eun Gi entered the ROKAF at ROKAF Academy in 1974 and studied in Physics
          from U.S Navy Post Graduate Course in 1984. After being promoted to a general
          in 2000, he has attained his Ph.D in Politics from Gyung-gi University in
          2003. He studied continuously at the Seoul National University Graduate School
          of Administration in 2006 and Korea University Graduate School of
          Administration in 2007. He served as the ROKAF Assistant Chief of Staff in
          2005 and as the Director of Korea Defense Intelligence Agency in 2006. In
          2007, Kim became the Chief of Staff of ROKAF.