HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Lt. Gen. Mark D. Shackelford, military deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, discusses key tenets of the Acquisition Improvement Plan during a ‘Road show’ briefing in the base theater here Dec. 9. Nearly 600 Electronic Systems Center employees attended the two sessions, in which the general discussed plans to reinvigorate the organic acquisition workforce, contain requirements growth, refine cost estimation, improve source selections and establish clearer lines of acquisition authority and accountability. (Air Force photo by Rick Berry)