DLA News Archive

Feb. 12, 2021

Materiel Management Flight: Supplying the Mission

Misawa Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Misawa Air Base website — Misawa Air Base conducts daily mission essential air combat training and members from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) Materiel Management Flight work behind the scenes to ensure base personnel have mission required equipment.

Dec. 8, 2020

435th LOC keeps cargo moving

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces in Africa website — Service Airmen within the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing take their jobs seriously to sustain troops in austere locations in Africa where local food sources are scarce and the 435th Logistics Operations Cell ensure they get the job done.

Nov. 9, 2020

Navy Develops Unmanned Air System for Ship Cargo Resupply

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Navy website — The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently acquired a logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) prototype to demonstrate long-range naval ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore cargo transport at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

May 28, 2020

Team Hickam supports NASA’s Human Space Flight Program

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Team Hickam provides ready forces to support a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and that reaches well beyond air, land, and sea.

April 28, 2020

AFCENT Cargo mission unhindered: ‘Net’working services for Coalition aerial support

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — As the central HUB for AFCENT, Airmen here are responsible for supplying daily reports on what assets are being moved and which need to be replaced - some of which have been in rotation for quite some time and need to be evaluated. The number one resource used here: cargo nets and pallets.

April 13, 2020

DOD Transports Vital COVID-19 Medical Supplies to Points of Need

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Defense Department website — U.S. Transportation Command is moving people and supplies around the world in support of the whole-of-government effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 10, 2020

97 LRS continues to support sole C-17 airdrop training mission

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Altus Air Force Base website — A typical day for an air transportation specialist assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron includes precisely packaging 64 feet of parachute, securing two tons of material onto a handmade pallet while safely executing its transportation aboard the world’s most flexible cargo aircraft, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. 

March 24, 2020

Logistics across Norway for Cold Response

NORWAY — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Forces Europe and Africa website — Cold Response 20 is a Norwegian national defense exercise in conjunction with its NATO allies and partners taking place in an area stretching from the town of Narvik to Finnmark district in northern Norway. 

March 17, 2020

386th ELRS expedites rations time from pallet to warfighter

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Airmen assigned to the 386th ELRS cargo processing team ensure that 15 to 30 thousand pounds of water, food, and MREs are delivered across the area of responsibility to military members in need.

March 2, 2020

Logistics across Norway for Cold Response

NORWAY — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the II Marine Expeditionary Force website — Cold Response 20 is a Norwegian national defense exercise in conjunction with its NATO allies and partners taking place in an area stretching from the town of Narvik to Finnmark district in northern Norway.