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Army Master Sgt. Lewmas Laurinaitis, a culinary specialist with the 16th Sustainment Brigade, cooks French toast in a mobile kitchen with subsistence items provided by DLA during Saber Strike 2018.

Aug. 28, 2018

Warfighters deployed for Saber Strike 2018 get easier access to supplies with DLA’s forward presence

Warfighters deployed for Saber Strike 2018 get easier access to supplies with DLA’s forward presence.

The Air Force uses the T-38 for joint specialized undergraduate pilot training. DLA Aviation manages roughly 70 percent of the more than 18,000 parts for the plane’s jet engines.

Aug. 28, 2018

DLA Aviation Support to the Unsung Workhorse Aircraft

DLA Aviation supports mission-critical workhorse aircraft.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Barnell Thomas, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron aircraft parts store journeyman, unloads a new shipment of supplies in the warehouse at RAF Mildenhall, England, Aug. 8, 2018. The aircraft parts store provides aircraft with mobility readiness spare part kits. The kits are air-transportable packages of spare parts configured for rapid deployment in support of conflict or war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexandria Lee)

Aug. 17, 2018

Aircraft parts store: No one flies without supplies

RAF MILDENHALL, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Royal Air Force Mildenhall website — The 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron is one of the largest squadrons at RAF Mildenhall, and is the beating heart that keeps the Bloody Hundredth’s mission going.

U.S. Marines perform routine maintenance on the rotor blade of an MV-22B Osprey during routine maintenance in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 8, 2018. CTJF-OIR is the military arm of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria.

July 19, 2018

Maintaining the Osprey while Forward Deployed

Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marines website — During June and July 2018, Marines forward deployed to Iraq with an MV-22B detachment in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve conducted maintenance on the Ospreys.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Heffernan, 100th Maintenance Squadron flight aerospace propulsion journeyman, poses for a photo in the composite tool kit section at RAF Mildenhall, England, July 6, 2018. Using Continuous Process Improvement methods, Heffernan and his team created a simple process to order tools and equipment for his flight, reducing order time from 90 days to one day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kelly O’Connor)

July 11, 2018

Mildenhall maintenance innovation slashes order time by 98 percent

RAF MILDENHALL, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Royal Air Force Mildenhall website — Imagine shopping online for an item that must arrive quickly and realizing the order process will take 90 days. Ninety long days to place the order in the cart, hit ‘pay,’ and wait for the package to arrive.

T-38C Talon Instructor Pilot (front), Lt. Col Edward Stapanon III, and Combat Systems Officer (rear), Maj. Brion Nielsen, begin their take-off roll for a training mission April 18, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The aircraft recently completed the Pacer Classic III modification package and still shows its distinctive tiger stripes that will be removed when the aircraft receives its next scheduled complete paint job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

June 18, 2018

Pacer Classic III mods give T-38 new life

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Hill Air Force Base website — Located at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, the 575th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron T-38 Talon depot maintenance team has been providing current upgrade modifications known as Pacer Classic III since 2015 and have to date successfully completed them on 40 T-38 Talon aircraft.

June 18, 2018

Site Marianas Logisticians, Reservists Support Exercise Malabar 2018

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka Site Marianas personnel and reservists participated in the annual Malabar exercise held for the first time in the waters off Guam, June 7-16.

Senior Airman Elio Esqueda, 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, uses a lathe to create a ‘Spline Insert Extractor,’ May 16, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The tool was originally created by Tech. Sgt. Chance Cole and Staff Sgt. Hermann Nunez, 386th Air Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz)

June 11, 2018

A ‘simple fix’ will save the Air Force a lot of money

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — In early May, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Tech. Sgt. Chance Cole, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight line expediter, came up with an idea – and it’s going to save the Air Force a lot of money.

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.

March 15, 2018

MWSS-372 advances unit innovation with 3D printing

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing website — Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 372 is all about innovation and advancing capabilities for their unit through 3D printing.

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