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Danny Bowlin, a fuels contractor, pumps fuel from a new $35 million Type III fuel hydrant system, to a KC-135R Stratotanker on May 4, 2021 at Grissom Air Reserve Base. The new system replaces a system installed in the 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Douglas Hays)

May 4, 2021

$35-million fuel hydrant system comes online

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Grissom Air Reserve Base website — Fueling the fight got a little easier recently as Grissom brought a new $35-million fuel hydrant system on-line.

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit; USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

April 15, 2021

USS IWO JIMA Receives Replenishment-At-Sea

ATLANTIC OCEAN — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet website — Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG), received replenishment-at-sea from Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), April 11, 2021.

A military general signs a document

April 13, 2021

New Romanian fuel agreement strengthens military cooperation

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Improving interoperability between military forces across the world, DLA Energy signed a new Fuel Implementing Arrangement with Romania Jan. 19. This first-ever fuel agreement with Romania establishes the terms and conditions for reciprocal fuel sales and purchases between U.S. Defense Department and Romania Ministry of National Defence forces.

before and after pictures of fill stands and pump stations

March 22, 2021

Guam fuel systems benefit from recurring maintenance program

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — The island of Guam’s breezes, salt air and tropical climate is a paradise, but for fuel infrastructure on Andersen Air Force Base it’s a destructive mix. Defense Logistics Agency Energy is taking a proactive preventative approach to stay on top of the island’s corrosive environment and maintain vital fuel systems. 

An Airman speaks to a small audience of soldiers on the flight line with Pikes Peak in the background.

Feb. 10, 2021

Joint Army, Air Force petroleum training

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 302nd Airlift Wing website — Airmen from the 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron provided hands-on training to Army petroleum systems technicians from the 59th Quartermaster Company, Fort Carson, on Air Force fuel operations during a group training event here Jan. 27, 2021.

A T-38 Talon sits under the hardstand at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Jan. 12, 2021. The Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Logistics Agency Military Construction project will enable R-12 refueling of T-38 aircraft near their parking apron with the new aircraft hydrant outlet pits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina Carter)

Jan. 31, 2021

Fueling the future: Innovative plans to improve Whiteman AFB

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Whiteman Air Force Base website — Streamlining aircraft refueling is an idea the 509th Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels management flight, has worked on since 2017. This innovative idea is now on its way to becoming reality.

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers structural engineer points to a tank laying on its side

Jan. 14, 2021

The Sleepy Tank

OMAHA, Nebraska — DLA Energy worked with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District to demolish a fuel tank damaged by the unprecedented and historical March 2019 flooding in the Missouri and Platte River basins. 

Joshua Cooke, front, an Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior utility manager, and Jeff Quattlebaum, cooling water system engineer, inspect a trunnion pin on the Elk River Dam, Sept. 10, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch is responsible for the dam which creates the Woods Reservoir, the water supply for Arnold AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

Dec. 21, 2020

AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Arnold Air Force Base website — From mowing grass to operating test utility systems, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Civil Engineering Branch, or TSDC, ensures the readiness of the grounds, facilities and utility systems at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of AEDC.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman shows U.S. Air Force Colonel gauges on the side of a R-11 fuel truck.

Dec. 10, 2020

Fueling freedom

TYNDALL AIR FORCE, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Tyndall Air Force Base website — Every specialty in the Air Force has an important role in achieving air dominance and superiority. The 325th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Tyndall is no different, providing clean and efficient fuel for flying missions.

Logistics Center in Yokosuka Completes Three-Year Pipeline Project

Dec. 2, 2020

Logistics Center in Yokosuka Completes Three-Year Pipeline Project

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 joined with Gilbane Building Company to complete a pipeline repair project at Defense Fuel Service Point (DFSP) Hakozaki.