September 14, 2016
PKL Services, Inc. has been awarded an $11,908,688 modification to exercise an option on a previously awarded contract for Republic of Singapore aircraft maintenance and operation services.
Work will be performed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2017. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to the Republic of Singapore. The 366th Contracting Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, is the contracting activity.
This is the fourth option year on the five year sole source contract. Work is performed by approximately 127 employees primarily at Mountain Home Air Force Base Idaho with additional support to a variety of deployment locations around and outside the United States.
September 13, 2016
PKL Services, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), beginning January 2017. This contract is 100% foreign military sales to the country of Saudi Arabia. This contract is a follow-on to PKL’s existing contract with the RSAF. Services will be provided in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at RSAF base facilities.
PKL will provide services to produce qualified technicians in assigned specialties for RSAF F-15SA model aircraft. This training includes Upgrade Training (UGT) that takes initial 3-level skill technicians to 5-level, then provides them position qualification training and a train-the-trainer course, followed by 5-level to 7-level training, and then instructor training for select 7-level technicians. The program also includes training for various maintenance officer qualifications, remedial English language training that focuses on technical terminology, and crossflow training on the F-15SA aircraft for RSAF technicians that have already been trained on the F-15C/D/S aircraft.
Areas of training and specialties include Avionics, Tactical Aircraft Maintenance, Propulsion, Electrical, Armament Systems, Aerospace Ground Equipment, Egress, Fuels, Hydraulics, and Maintenance Management. PKL will provide instructors and training to include academic and classroom style teaching as well as hands-on Upgrade Training to provide the students with the necessary skills to independently operate aircraft systems, subsystems, and related support equipment.
For this contract, PKL will initially employ approximately 121 skilled instructors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with planned potential growth at full operations to 323 instructors.
President of PKL, Terry G. Robling, confirmed the award saying “Our team is honored to continue our partnership with the Royal Saudi Air Force.”
August 25, 2016
The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce announced that PKL Services, Inc. has been designated as a Chamber Honor Roll business member. As a Chamber-sponsored effort to incentivize and motivate the hiring of veterans, the Chamber is proud to include PKL in its list of local firms that are proactively hiring our nation’s heroes.
“As one of the largest military regions in the county, we have an immense amount of talent and expertise in our veteran community. Without businesses like PKL Services and the leadership of Terry G. Robling setting the bar for veteran engagement, our work would be far more challenging,” said Jerry Sanders, President & CEO of the Chamber. “Our Honor Roll businesses are telling an important story. It’s the story of what happens when an employer is savvy enough to appreciate the unique skillset and capability a veteran brings to their enterprise and the community at large.”
Honor roll designees are Chamber of Commerce members that have hired a veteran that has remained employed for 90 days or longer. PKL was awarded the Elite Honor Roll status for maintaining a 10 percent veteran presence in their total employee numbers.
To date, PKL boasts over 90% of our workforce as veteran employees and we are proud to exemplify the value of veteran hiring in San Diego.
The Honor Roll program was launched in September 2015 as a Chamber imitative to expand business engagement in the veteran community and incentivize increased veteran hiring. The Chamber’s Defense, Veterans and Military Affairs Council pioneered the effort and continues to facilitate veteran hiring policies and guide the business voice in military issues at the local level. For additional information about the initiative, please contact Sophie Barnhorst at (619) 544-1314 or sbarnhorst@sdchamber.org
April 22, 2016
PKL Services, Inc. in Saudi Arabia teamed up with local police officials in the Asir Province, KSA during the 32nd annual Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) to raise awareness for traffic safety. Countries involved include Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain.
During this week, PKL sponsored advertising in the form of roadside signs in several high risk areas to promote safe driving. The focus was geared toward the dangers of distracted driving and the consequences of bad decisions. The theme was “Your fate is decided by your decisions” and was aimed at the 24-35 year old age group, who statistically are involved in the majority of motor vehicles accidents in the Middle East. This is a category that all of our RSAF trainees and some of our employees are a part of and there has been an increased number of accidents over the past year. There have been three student fatalities and one instructor who lost his life. This motivated us to get involved and to make it part of our safety program here in the KSA.
Abdullah Al-Shehri, our Saudi fuels systems instructor along with our quality manager Jeremiah White, were the points of contact and coordinated the effort. The sign and flyer designs were a collaborative effort within the management team here and the local authorities. Once designed, 12 signs were placed at intersections known for their high accident potential.
The KSA program manager and the officer in charge of the program spoke to 120 college and high school students at a local college and provided insight of the problem and possible solutions.
The flyers and pens were distributed to the students and given to the safety center located in the main police building. Agreements were made to continue the program by making it a cooperative effort and sharing information to both a military audience and schools in the province over the next year.
We are grateful to the efforts of our PKL team in Saudi for supporting this mission of safety.
April 4, 2016
As a part of our continued dedication to supporting both veterans and charitable organizations focused on military affiliations, PKL is proud to partner with the Iwo Jima Association of America, Inc.
The owner of PKL Services, Mr. Samuel Flores Jr. donated a substantial amount to the 71st Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Reunion. This annual event honors the veterans of Iwo Jima and celebrates the “warrior brotherhood expressed by the American and Japanese survivors on Iwo Jima”.
This year’s event, The 71sh Anniversary Commemoration, was held on Saturday 19 March, 2016. The Joint Ceremony with the Japanese was conducted at the Memorial above Red Beach.
You can view the IJAA 2016 Program, including guests and speakers here.
February 25, 2016
PKL CEO, Terry Robling, and Executive Vice President, Paul Callan, recently participated in the 2016 Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Best Practices Exchange. The event, sponsored by the US Commercial Services, gathered delegates from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand, and several US aerospace firms such as PKL, in order to expose the LMI countries to aviation expertise and state-of-the-art support concepts.
Terry and Paul were hand-selected by the US Commercial Services planners to present a seminar entitled: ‘Managing Change: Getting from here to there in an Aviation Project.’ During the follow-on panel discussion and separate one-on-one meetings, Terry and Paul explained PKL’s unique maintenance upgrade training program and PKL’s elite leadership development program.
May 6, 2015
INNOVAIR, LLC, a registered Joint Venture between AVMAC, LLC (the Managing 8(a) Partner) and PKL Services, Inc. was recently awarded a firm fixed price 8(a) contract (number GS08Q15BPC0006) to perform VMFAT-101 Aircraft Maintenance services located at MCAS Miramar, CA. The General Services Administration (GSA) Denver, CO issued and will manage this contract which has a total performance period of one base year and four one-year option years with full performance beginning 1 June 2015.
INNOVAIR (AVMAC & PKL) will provide Scheduled and Unscheduled Organizational Level Aircraft Maintenance Support Services to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101), at MCAS Miramar, CA. This work will be performed by skilled and qualified INNOVAIR artisans that include PKL employees. The scope of the contract encompasses aircraft maintenance functions of Phase, Corrosion Control, Logs and Records Clerks, Maintenance Control, Supply and Aircraft “O” Level Maintenance support. The VMFAT-101 mission is to train aircrew on the F/A-18 A/B/C/D aircraft and INNOVAIR’s most important objective is to provide safe, flyable aircraft to execute the unit’s daily flight schedule.
PKL CEO, LtGen Terry G. Robling (USMC Ret.) announced the award, saying “PKL is honored to team with our INNOVAIR partner, AVMAC LLC, to provide exceptional maintenance support to the US Marine Corps’ largest training squadron. As a recent prime contractor on this very contract, PKL offers our partner and our customer superior past performance, technical expertise, and broad knowledge of VMFAT-101’s mission. Our primary objective is to help the squadron and its parent Marine Aircraft Group and Marine Aircraft Wing train combat-ready aircrews in the most effective and efficient way possible.”
PKL is a leading global aerospace services company providing our customers innovative maintenance, training, and leadership solutions to governments worldwide.
April 29, 2015
Since joining PKL in early 2015, LtGen Terry Robling (USMC Ret.) has been busy learning the various facets of PKL and what makes the company successful. And while there are certainly challenges ahead and changes to the current contract landscape, Terry is optimistic about PKL’s future and its ability to distinguish itself from competitors.
In a recent interview with “Second Line of Defense”, Terry was asked about PKL’s future, its strategy, and how PKL can expand in the future. A key takeway from his message was Terry’s conviction that PKL works to make our customers organically capable and self-sustaining; not dependent on PKL. PKL has continuously strived to provide exceptional service to our contracts but to do so in the interests of allowing customers to become trained and capable of maintaining their own needs. We work to empower our customers.
Of course, this seems counterintuitive to a company’s business mission. But PKL has succeeded in this way and will continue to grow our business based on this same foundation, trusting that our customers will continue to value our business model and willingly seek our partnership.
To foster this value-based business model, PKL relies on its team of dedicated and talented people who continue to elevate PKL’s reputation. PKL has established an ethos and company mentality centered around the theme of “Row True”.
As Terry describes this ethos, “First, every one of us has our own hands on an oar, and thus, we must daily be accountable for our attitude, behaviors, and actions. Personal discipline and personal accountability. Second, we man the boat together. We are all rowing together, in unison and coherence, toward a shared vision and towards a distant end state. This is Teamwork. By recruiting and building a talent strategy around our ethos of Row True, we cultivate the leaders who aspire to excellence, meaning, and purpose… We are basing our future on this bet; that by building self-mastery in ourselves first, then reaching out in that spirit to our customers, that we’ll offer a solution that will not only be worth paying for, but more so, will be a service worth coming back to and recommending to others. That is the art of the long view. That is PKL’s cornerstone principle.”
PKL is proud to have clear direction for our future and a CEO confidently helming our boat!
April 27, 2015
Congratulations to the PKL team at the Repairable Issue Point, II MEF, Camp Lejeune North Carolina!
Here’s a quote from the US Marine Corps Captain who leads and manages the Repairable Issue Point:
“Over the past 9 months I have had the luxury of serving next to some of the finest civilians I have seen. These individuals provided consistent support to all units within II MEF and have been instrumental in my successes here at the RIP. They truly care about their work and their knowledge base has helped bridge the gap between in knowledge between our newer and older Marines. Independent, knowledgeable, focused; this team has provided an extremely valuable function to this MEF.” – Captain Joussef J. Donado USMC, Repairable Issue Point OIC.
Our team of hard-working and dedicated individuals continues to uphold the PKL Ethos “Row True” and provide our customers with superior results. Our Director of Logistics Services, Colonel John Rutherford USMC (Ret.), personally hand-delivered our letters of appreciation to each PKL employee: James Pearce, Fabian Wright, Jacqulyn Stytle, Travis Lund, and Lucy Christianson.
Our deep gratitude to you all. Keep up the great work!
February 19, 2015
San Diego, CA—PKL Services, Inc., a global provider of aerospace services, recently appointed Lieutenant General Terry G. Robling (U.S. Marine Corps Retired) as CEO. Mr. Robling’s assignment as CEO is part of a planned executive succession, with former CEO, Mr. Samuel Flores, Jr., transitioning into the Owner/Chairman role.
Terry joins PKL Services following a distinguished 38-year career with the U.S. Marine Corps, having most recently served in the Marine Corps’ largest operational command billet as the Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and retiring in August 2014 as a Lieutenant General. Previously, Terry served as the Deputy Commandant for Aviation, responsible for all Marine Corps Aviation procurement, budgeting, and policy matters. He also served as the Commander, Marine Corps Forces and Marine Corps Bases, Japan, as well as the Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan. Terry flew as a Naval Flight Officer in F-4 Phantom and F/A-18D aircraft, accumulating over 5,200 tactical jet hours in peacetime and in combat.
Commenting on Terry’s arrival to PKL, Owner Sam Flores stated, “PKL is very fortunate to add a leader of LtGen Robling’s talent, character, and international reputation. Terry is a true champion; a leader who has proven his excellence, time and again, in the largest arenas and under the most extreme challenges. Terry is precisely the leader to take PKL into the future.”
With a current portfolio of international and domestic contracts including aircraft maintenance and maintenance training, pilot and simulator training, logistics and supply chain management, and leadership development, PKL is well-postured for growth and expansion in the coming years.
Asked to comment on his new role as CEO, Terry reflected on PKL’s proud past while hinting also at the company’s aggressive plans for the future. “Joining PKL was the ideal fit for me personally, professionally, and for our family. We valued being part of a company with a strong ethos, vibrant leadership, a respected history, and a compelling future. PKL was that company! It is my privilege to add to the legacy created by Sam Flores, and more so, to create a new and significant chapter for PKL.”
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