DLA News Archive

Tag: Air Force Reserve Command

Sept. 20, 2021

908th FSS Serves up Success During Exercise

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 908th Airlift Wing website — The 908th Force Support Squadron conducted an exercise during the unit’s July super Unit Training Assembly at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, that simulated them playing their part as if the wing were to deploy to deliver humanitarian aid to a fictional local populace.

The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly in the eye of Hurricane Dorian, Aug. 31, 2019. The WC-130J aircraft flew through the eye of the hurricane four times to gather weather data to determine the intensity and path. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Diana Cossaboom)

Sept. 6, 2019

Hurricane Hunters finish flying Dorian

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 403rd Wing website — Over the last two weeks the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka Hurricane Hunters, have flown 25 missions in support of Hurricane Dorian.

Senior Master Sgt. William Kellums, the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment superintendent, sits aboard a parked C-130 Hercules aircraft with custom-made equipment bags at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 15, 2018.

Sept. 21, 2018

Stitching pride into the mission

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 302nd Airlift Wing website — Though their chief responsibility is ensuring aircrew safety, the Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop go beyond that scope by using a skill set some might not associate with a military organization – sewing.

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., prepare to land a KC-135R Stratotanker at RAF Mildenhall, England, July 15, 2017. In a long-standing total force partnership between Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing are supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve and augmenting the 100th Air Refueling Wing here July 1-29, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

July 27, 2017

Total Force Airmen maximize refueling capacity in Europe

RAF MILDENHALL, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 507th Air Refueling Wing website — In a long-standing total force partnership between Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing are augmenting the 100th Air Refueling Wing here to provide KC-135R Stratotanker air refueling support to the European theater of operations, July 1-29.

Staff Sgt. Justin Necaise, 403rd Operations Support Squadron survival technician attaches night vision goggles to a flight helmet Feb. 22 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

March 2, 2017

Aircrew flight equipment: life support for aviators

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 403rd Wing website — Infrared light flashes like an invisible firefly – only seen through night vision goggles equipped with specialized sensors. Those goggles have the potential to save lives and the 403rd Operations Support Squadron’s Aircrew Flight Equipment section is charged with their care.