Daniel Fri

Daniel A. Fri, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Logistics and Product Support, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for compliance with depot maintenance statutes for Core Logistics Capability, 50/50 Rule, and 6% Minimum Capital Investment to ensure early Life Cycle planning for organic depot maintenance, timely organic depot activations, and maintaining state-of-the-art organic depot capabilities. He advocates for logistics and production support equities and provides policy and oversight to Product Support Managers to connect Air Force depot maintenance strategy with Life Cycle management decisions. He oversees and influences resource allocation decisions to ensure logistics support is resourced to maintain the desired readiness levels to accomplish warfighter and overarching Air Force missions.

Mr. Fri entered the Air Force in 1979 as a Munitions Maintenance Technician and served 22 years on active duty in a variety of munitions, logistics, product support, and supply chain management positions at ten different locations. He retired from active duty in 2001 as a Chief Master Sergeant and entered federal civil service at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He has since held a number of logistics and supply chain management positions at Headquarters Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, and U.S. Transportation Command. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Deputy Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Mr. Fri was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2013.