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Airmen assigned to the 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Hawaiian Airlines maintainers pose for a photo in front of a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii April 12, 2019. The 15th AMXS hosted Hawaiian Airlines as part of a continuous process improvement event to talk shop about maintenance, both military and civilian. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Amber R. Kelly-Herard)

April 22, 2019

15th AMXS, Hawaiian Airlines ohanas make improvements on the flight line

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 15th Wing website — Their uniforms, aircraft and missions may be different, but they share more in common than they know. Despite sharing the same flight line, the 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Hawaiian Airlines maintainers never met until now.

9 mm ammunition sits inside an ammunition canister during a live fire range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 10, 2019.

April 22, 2019

Rounds, Rations, and Wrenches; Behind the Scenes with S-4 Logistics

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the III Marine Expeditionary Force website — Rounds, rations and wrenches. Marines see this trio quite often. They’re given a meal ready to eat, issued rounds and their Humvees are sent out daily, but how did all of this make it into the fight? All a Marine needs to do is head to the command post of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and see its logistical hub, the S-4 section.

April 16, 2019

Sustainers Resupply Units using Aerial Delivery during Lightning Strike

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Trucks aren't the only way sustainers deliver supplies. A Free Drop technique supported four companies of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team during Operation Lightning Strike field exercise.

Staff Sgt. Sterling Benford, 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron supply NCO in charge, sweeps the edges of a large container in preparation for transport at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 3, 2019. Benford is responsible for the accountability of 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group assets at deployed locations across U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). Logistics Airmen were vital in the completion of more than 400 construction missions across the CENTCOM Theater during a six-month period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

April 15, 2019

AUAB power projection: 1st ECEG “Loggies” enable construction across CENTCOM

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group manages and executes construction missions across U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, and thanks to the group’s logisticians, or “loggies,” equipment and engineers are able to move downrange.

April 9, 2019

Soothsayers: Software group utilizing tools to predict parts failure

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — Turns out a crystal ball isn’t necessary for seeing the future. Certainly not in the 402nd Software Maintenance Group where modern software tools are enabling units of the group to predict when an aircraft part will fail before it actually happens.

Staff Sgt. Shakir Alikhan, left, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron (ELRS) cryogenics section fuels journeyman, and Tech. Sgt. Nathan Retallack, right, 379th ELRS fuels cryogenic supervisor, prepare to retrieve and inspect liquid oxygen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 4, 2019. The cryogenics team ensures aircrew members across U.S. Central Command are equipped with liquid oxygen and nitrogen, supporting flying missions across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

April 6, 2019

AUAB power projection: cryogenics team keeps aircrews breathing easy

379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — At certain altitudes, an aircraft’s environment changes. From oxygen levels to pressure fluctuations, aircrew members need to be able to adapt. Airmen of the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenics section, ensure service members across U.S. Air Forces Central Command are equipped with tools needed to function.

April 4, 2019

3D-printed impeller enhances readiness of Corps’ main battle tank

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps Systems Command website — Marine Corps Systems Command recently collaborated with fleet Marines and other organizations to review the successful performance of several 3D-printed impellers used on M1A1 Abrams tanks at Twentynine Palms, California. The Corps plans to use 3D-printed impellers when the original part wears or becomes inoperable and a new part cannot be received in a timely fashion.

April 3, 2019

Depot assists National Guard, providing urgent repairs

ANNVILLE, Pa. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Tobyhanna Army Depot website — Urgent depot-level repairs needed by the Pennsylvania National Guard 28th Infantry Division warranted Tobyhanna Army Depot make a trip to Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA during the first week of March.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Naomi L. Polumbo, left, Lance Cpl. Jacob Walton, center, motor transport mechanics, and Lance Cpl Edgar Garcia, right, a small arms repairman, all with Combat Logistics Detachment 34, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, pose for a photo with a mine resistant, ambush protected vehicle, Southwest Asia, February 10, 2019. As a quick reaction force, the SPMAGTF-CR-CC is capable of deploying aviation, ground and logistical forces forward at a moment’s notice.

April 3, 2019

USMC Sgt. Naomi Polumbo, mechanic, tests mettle in the Middle East

UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS, Southwest Asia — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps website — A platoon of infantry Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, mill around their assigned armored trucks, waiting to start their day. Today is motor stables—a kind of “field day”—cleaning and maintenance for the platoon’s trucks.

Senior Airman Ismael Garcia, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron general-purpose mechanic, remove the pilot valve from a refueler truck at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Mar. 28, 2019.

April 3, 2019

380th ELRS FaRM: Repairing firetrucks and refuelers

AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Whenever there is an issue involving specialty vehicles at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, that is when the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Firetruck and Refueling mechanics gets to work.

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