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Senior Airmen Matthew Chapman and Adam Parizo, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Power Productions specialists, repair a strip of runway Feb. 1, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Three different career fields worked together for the complex repair job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)

Feb. 2, 2017

Civil engineers team up to repair runway

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Three career fields from the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron worked together to repair a strip of runway Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Isaiah English, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tactical aircraft maintainer, examines the wiring under an F-16CM Fighting Falcon at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Jan. 25, 2017. English examined the wire to ensure that it was within safety regulations and made repairs where needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Maldonado)

Jan. 30, 2017

New repair process offers success

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.(AFNS) — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force website — With the mission of the U.S. Air Force constantly evolving, the aircraft which keep that mission alive need to evolve as well.

Kim Baird, DLA Distribution Hill, Utah shelter maintenance supervisor, describes a new support structure used for maintaining missile launch facilities and control centers to customers Jan. 25, 2017, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

Jan. 30, 2017

Partnership streamlines depot maintenance for ICBM wings

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force Materiel Command website — The 309th Missile Maintenance Group and Defense Logistics Agency recently worked together on an initiative to establish a “retail-like” support structure in order to stock, store and distribute parts and supplies to the Air Force’s three ICBM wings.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform repairs on an F-16CM Fighting Falcon at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Jan. 25, 2016. The repairs are part of an all-encompassing process, the Repair Network Enhancement Program, which is used by the 20th MXG to ensure that aircraft parts meet all specifications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Maldonado)

Jan. 27, 2017

New repair process offers success

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Combat Command website — The F-16CM Fighting Falcons assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, will reach a point where they will need their parts transplanted or repaired to keep them airborne, and it is the job of the Airmen assigned to the 20th Maintenance Group to troubleshoot and take appropriate maintenance actions.

Jan. 27, 2017

ERDC named to Million Dollar Board

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center website — The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has recently been named by the Department of the Army’s Defense Logistics Agency for Disposition Services to the Army’s Million Dollar Board.

Senior Airman Nick Monroe, 92nd Maintenance Squadron periodic inspection support section journeyman, conducts daily bench stock program duties Jan. 20, 2017, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. With thousands of individual fasteners in hundreds of variations, the process of updating bench stock inventory could take eight hours and since receiving the RoboCrib, the process has been reduced to less than 30 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mackenzie Richardson)

Jan. 27, 2017

Chips. Candy bars. Nuts and bolts?

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Fairchild Air Force Base website — In November 2016, the 92nd Maintenance Squadron became one of the first squadrons Air Force wide to receive an inventory vending machine for the periodic-inspection support section.

Dustin Wiley, a wheeled mechanic at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, works on the engine that powers the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles, or M-ATV, currently being repaired and upgraded at the Plant Jan. 12, 2017. Wiley is a former Army National Guardsman who served in Afghanistan as a mechanic. He said he has driven and worked on the M-ATVs and knows the heavily built troops transports save lives.

Jan. 27, 2017

M-ATV: Protecting the warfighter

MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps website — The newest version of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle is currently being upgraded, refurbished and up-armored for both the Marine Corps and Air Force at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California.

Staff Sgt. Zachary Rodewig, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-5 crew chief, checks the tire pressure on a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 24, 2016. Rodewig and other 721st AMXS Airmen also refilled the oil and refueled the plane. The 721st AMXS inspects, repairs, and services all C-17 and C-5 Galaxy aircraft that come through Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Jan. 27, 2017

Walk a mile in the boots of a maintainer

RASMTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Ramstein Air Force Base website — On average, 521st Air Mobility Wing’s 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron inspects, services, and repairs 30 aircraft in a single day. In one weekend, they are typically responsible for more missions than all the other squadrons in the European and Pacific Commands handle in a month combined.

Airman 1st Class Christian Williams, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130H loadmaster, poses for a photo on the flightline Jan. 27, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Williams is scheduled to go through training for the new C-130J model. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Juan Torres)

Jan. 27, 2017

Loadmasters scheduled for C-130J training

Yokota Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — As Yokota Air Base transitions from the C-130H Hercules to the new C-130J model, the 36th Airlift Squadron is ready to keep the mission going.

Tech Sgt. Shakuntala M. Willis, 374th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment flight NCO in charge of the C-130J transition, works at her desk surrounded by the survival and life-support equipment she is in charge of Jan. 25, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The AFE flight has been preparing aircrew survival and life-support equipment for the arrival of the new C-130J Super Hercules since May 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)

Jan. 27, 2017

AFE prepares for C-130J Super Hercules

Yokota Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — With the new C-130J Super Hercules coming to Yokota Air Base, the 374th Operations Support Squadrons Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight has been preparing for their arrival.