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Mark Flannery, a welder from Detachment 6 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, welds a steel plate to the bottom of a Jet Petroleum 8 tank in a vehicle management garage at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 27, 2018. Flannery was hand selected to come and repair the tank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

May 22, 2018

Vehicle Management welds fuel tanks back to life

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle management flight has been hard at work keeping the refueling vehicle fleet mission ready over the past few months at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.

Warrant Officer Ghenadie Varzari and SGT Andrei Dogari, Mechanics with the Moldovan Defense Forces, work together to troubleshoot the issue in a Humvee engine at the North Carolina National Guard Combine Support Maintenance Shop in Raleigh, North Carolina, May 17, 2018. The North Carolina National Guard and the Moldovan Defense Forces have been hosting bi-lateral engagements through the State Partnership Program that has allowed Soldier growth and development for both countries.

May 21, 2018

NCNG, Moldovan soldiers collaborate on Humvee maintenance

RALEIGH, N.C. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Soldiers of the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Combined Support Maintenance Shop (CSMS) conducted a maintenance engagement with Moldavan soldier mechanics on the fundamentals of Humvee maintenance and troubleshooting with minimal technology on May 14-18.

The 28th Maintenance Squadron’s cold spray machine goes through the first approved repair of a forward equipment bay May 15, 2018, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.

May 18, 2018

Mending Broken B-Ones: Cold Spray Keeps Planes Ready, Lethal

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Ellsworth Air Force Base website — The 28th Maintenance Squadron, in conjunction with VRC Metals Systems, took a step forward to extending the service life of the B-1 bomber, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, May 15, 2018.

Members of the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron offload JP8 jet fuel from a C-17 Globemaster III in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 11, 2018. This delivery is the first of its kind in more than a year and a half. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Enjoli Saunders)

May 18, 2018

379th fuel technicians: “We bring fuel to the fight”

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — The faint smell of gasoline lingers in the air as fumes seep out of the 2,800 gallon bladders filled with JP8 jet fuel. The bladders are on their way to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia to provide support as a result of a fuel shortage. This delivery is the first of its kind in more than a year and a half.

Fuels

May 17, 2018

Fuels distribution runs a clean operation

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Hurlburt Field website — If a 3,000-pound car carries about 18 gallons of gas, imagine what a 76,000-pound C-130 would require. The 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron petroleum oils lubricants flight ensures the fuel destined for Air Commandos is stored, inspected and transported safely to accomplish the 1st Special Operations Wing mission … any time, any place.

U.S. Army Major General Edward Dorman, Director of Logistics and Engineering for U.S. Central Command, speaks with a fellow logistician at the Joint Logistics Coordination Board at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on 9 May, 2018. Dorman urged participants to stay focused on sustaining the fight and setting the theater as a means to support military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrick Wyatt

May 15, 2018

CENTCOM helps DoD logisticians and engineers “sustain the fight, set the theater"

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Logisticians and engineers throughout the Department of Defense converged at the U.S. Central Command Forward Headquarters to attend the Joint Logistics Coordination Board conference here May 6-10, 2018.

Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

May 14, 2018

Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AFNS) — Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.

F-35A Aircraft banks in front of mountain background

May 9, 2018

AF awards first energy savings performance contract of 2018 at Hill AFB

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force Civil Engineer Center website — Recently, the Defense Logistics Agency awarded a $42 million energy savings performance contract, to be executed and maintained by Energy Systems Group, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This represents the Air Force’s first such awarded contract of 2018.

Luis Sandoval, Lead Builders electrical foreman, demonstrates how to adjust a new light fixture with a downloadable app for a smart device. The 412th Civil Engineer Group is overseeing a large lighting upgrade across Edwards AFB that will bring better working conditions and savings to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

May 8, 2018

Civil engineers working to give Edwards bright future

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Edwards Air Force Base website — The 412th Civil Engineering Group is in phase two of a base-wide, major lighting upgrade, which replaces inefficient fluorescent lighting with new LED lighting complete with motion sensors and programmable controls. Each phase will take about a year to complete.

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May 8, 2018

Gotta supply to fly

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Kadena Air Base website — Who orders more than 80,000 parts a year for the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron? Staff Sgt. Melanie Marlow, 18th CMS NCO in charge of propulsion supply places those orders as the only Airmen that owns that title.