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Airmen perform last-minute checks on a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft before it takes from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Huntsville Center’s Fuels team cleaned, inspected and repaired a fuel storage tank used to hold and dispense a jet fuel created specifically for the reconnaissance aircraft, an important part of the Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission enterprise.

March 14, 2019

Fuels project quick-turn supports Osan mission

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center website — Huntsville Center’s Fuels team had a very short period of time to clean, inspect and repair a fuel storage tank used to hold and dispense Jet Propellant Thermally Stable, a jet fuel created specifically for a reconnaissance aircraft.

March 14, 2019

$32 million energy savings performance contract awarded at Keesler AFB

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center website — Keesler Air Force Base will have access to more resilient, efficient and reliable energy thanks to the award of a nearly $32 million energy savings performance contract supporting over 100 facilities and the airfield apron lighting.

March 14, 2019

733rd LRS Fuels Flight best in ACC

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — The 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight won the Drake Award for best fuels flight in Air Combat Command for 2018.

March 13, 2019

3rd Wing Transfers C-17 Aircraft Supply to 176th

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, are quickly approaching the second anniversary of their assignment from the 3rd Wing to the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard.

March 11, 2019

Oklahoma City Conducts Mobile Logistics Demonstration with T-AKE

APRA HARBOR, Guam — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet website — USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) conducted a mobile logistics demonstration with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) in Apra Harbor, Guam March 11 in the first of many evolutions designed to evaluate supply ships’ ability to sustain submarine operations in an expeditionary setting.

Emiliano Falca, warehouse worker, Logistic Readiness Center-Italy's Humanitarian Assistance Program - Excess Property, loads humanitarian aid supplies to be shipped to Ukraine, Feb. 13. The shipment supports the United States Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) mission to Zhytomyr, Ukraine, providing supplies to a rehabilitation center for women and infants there.

March 8, 2019

LRC Italy supports humanitarian relief efforts to Ukrainian rehabilitation center

Camp Darby, italy — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 405th Army Field Support Brigade website — The Logistic Readiness Center-Italy’s Humanitarian Assistance Program loaded a shipment of humanitarian aid supplies headed for Ukraine, at Camp Darby, Italy ,Feb. 13-14.

March 6, 2019

Leveraging Theater Assets for Long Term Sustainability

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — For the Army's only forward stationed Patriot Missile System Maintenance Company in Japan, the Soldiers of Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-1 ADA), has had to take a holistic look at sustainment not only in Japan but also throughout the US Indo-Pacific Theater to support the warfighters.

Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Carter, an occupational safety and health manager assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, spent two months in Antarctica on a mission to improve safety procedures for the Airmen of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, giving them a better chance to survive and operate in the most inhospitable place on Earth.

March 5, 2019

Keeping Airmen safe in the most inhospitable place on Earth

SWANTON, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — An occupational safety and health manager assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, spent two months in Antarctica on a mission to improve safety procedures for the Airmen of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, giving them a better chance to survive and operate in the most inhospitable place on Earth.

Feb. 28, 2019

Inside Acquisition: How the Marine Corps plans to double the MTVR’s lifespan

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps Systems Command website — Since the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement entered service in 2001, it has been the primary tactical wheeled logistics vehicle used to deliver personnel and supplies to forward-deployed units. Its multiple variants enable the workhorse to not only carry fuel, food and supplies, but to also serve as the primary vehicle for towing systems.

Thomas DeRosier, 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Transportation section, utility rail branch locomotive engineer, operates a switch on a rail line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 15, 2019. The U.S. Army closed the military occupation specialty to active duty and now only has Army Reserve and civilian railway operations crewmembers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)

Feb. 27, 2019

Aging technology that never fails

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — Throughout the Civil War leading up to the Korean War, the U.S. Army relied heavily on the success of railroad operations, and that still rings true today at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

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