Air Commodore Garry Bates, AM, (Retd), a
graduate of the USAF Air War
College and the US Department of Defense Senior International Resource Management
Program, served with the
RAAF for 35 years as an aeronautical engineer, technical intelligence analyst, resource
manager and capital acquisition
project manager.
As the Officer Commanding 501 Wing
in 1995-96 he was the editor of the F-111 Life-of-Type Support Study. In subsequent postings he
was the Director-General of
Air Force Resource Management and Programs and headed the Air Force’s DRP
implementation planning.
He was the
Director-General Aerospace Combat Systems in DAO/DMO, where he chaired the project
boards for the F-111 Block
Upgrade Program, F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade, AP-3C Orion Update and other key air
combat capability projects.
He was also the Inaugural Acquisition Member of the Air 6000 Project Board which was
later renamed the New Air
Combat Capability (NACC) project.
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