DLA News Archive

Oct. 10, 2017

AFRL Fuels & Energy enables future of flight

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base website — Besides the octane rating and price, most drivers probably don’t think too much about the fuel they put in their cars. But, what about a supersonic F-35 Lightning, a fully loaded-down C-17 Globemaster III flying out of Afghanistan or the first, yet-to-be-invented, hypersonic marvel to routinely soar at five times the speed of sound?

Oct. 6, 2017

Georgia Air National Guard fuels the response and recovery effort

SAVANNAH, Ga — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Air National Guard C-130 and C-17 cargo aircraft have airlifted hundreds of Guard members and hundreds of thousands of pounds of cargo from Savannah to Puerto Rico and the island territories this week.

Sept. 25, 2017

Reserve Citizen Airmen deliver aid to Hurricane Maria victims

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force Reserve Command website — Within the last few months the United States and its territories have been ravagged by three hurricanes, leaving many displaced and in need of aid. Starting with Hurricane Harvey, then Irma and now Maria, the Air Force Reserve Command continues to respond with supplies, aid and evacuation missions.

Sept. 13, 2017

Prepping for hurricane relief at Robins

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — Robins Air Force Base was teeming with activity as Hurricane Irma approached Florida last week and through the weekend.

Sept. 13, 2017

Serving again: Prior POL troops continue to fuel airpower in Afghanistan

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management section, commonly referred to as POL, enables Resolute Support and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel by supplying all aircraft, to include military, contracted and civilian, with the fuel needed to deliver airpower.

Sept. 8, 2017

DoD Aids Preparation, Response Efforts for Hurricane Irma

WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — The Defense Department is engaged with federal, state, territorial and international mission partners and is postured to respond to requests for assistance to territories and states affected by Hurricane Irma.

Sept. 7, 2017

Powering partnerships: Singapore tankers boost Coalition forces, bring fuel to fight

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Combat Command website — This year alone, Coalition air refuelers have already flown more than 5,000 separate in-flight refueling sorties, refueling more than 28,000 aircraft while providing air support to Operation Inherent Resolve.

Sept. 6, 2017

Maxwell, federal agencies prepare for Hurricane Irma

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Maxwell Air Force Base website — As Hurricane Irma races across the ocean, hundreds of tractor trailers carrying relief supplies are racing to Maxwell to preposition for further disbursement.

Aug. 28, 2017

DoD Moves Troops, Search-Rescue Units, Aircraft, Vehicles to Texas

WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Northern Command website — The Defense Department is prepositioning troops, search and rescue units, aircraft, vehicles, equipment and supplies to staging areas near the worst of the flooding in southeastern Texas in anticipation of a possible request for assistance, a Pentagon spokesman said here today.

Aug. 12, 2017

POL: Pumping the “life blood” of fuel to Air Operations

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fuels Management Flight, work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to make sure that the aircraft assigned here are receiving the “life blood” of fuel that to support operations in the U.S. Air Forces Central command area of responsibility.