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Program Manager Awards
Wing C-SUAS Program Manager
Master Sergeant Manuel V. Santiago Jr., distinguished himself by outstanding achievement as Wing Counter Small Unmanned Aerial System Program Manager, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, 380th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. During this period, in support of Operations INHERENT RESOLVE, Sergeant Santiago oversaw Air Force Central Command's largest Counter Unmanned Aerial System posture with $43 million dollars in detection and defeat capabilities. His leadership successfully protected 7.9 billion dollars in assets and 3,400 coalition personnel while identifying and defeating 11 surveillance drones and three multi-level Houthi missile attacks. Additionally, he benchmarked the Wing's Red Counter Unmanned Aerial System operation plan and the Wing's first ever joint training program, during which he certified 21 Counter Small Unmanned Aerial System Operators and led 33 sorties. His oversight led to the completion of Ninth Air Force's one room project, which included $190 million dollar joint Command, Control, Communications, and Computer System upgrades, nine months ahead of schedule. Furthermore, he oversaw system advancements including the Area of Operation's first TPQ-50 Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar power upgrade, the Base's first ever Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System, and two additional electronic countermeasure camera system procurements. Finally, Sergeant Santiago's outstanding leadership contributed to his team capturing the Wing's Team of the Quarter twice during his tenure. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of Master Sergeant Santiago reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
Program Manager, Cyberspace Projects
Captain Kyle D. Woodward distinguished himself by outstanding achievement as a Program Manager for Cyberspace Projects, 707th Communications Squadron, 707th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Air Combat Command, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland. During this period, Captain Woodward led a twelve member team to manage a thirteen million dollar application refinement and a four million dollar international program development project, paving the way for future capabilities within the Intelligence Community. In addition, he was vital to enhancing an analytical tool by sunsetting a deprecated system and training critical teams on the new system, enabling two thousand end users to continue signal intelligence processing operations. Furthermore, he led a team of six engineers to tackle a ten year old workflow issue by analyzing and fixing eight thousand analytic processes, resulting in a revised end user product with desired features. The distinctive accomplishments of Captain Woodward reflect credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.