DLA News Archive

Tag: C-5

Feb. 5, 2021

One aircraft, two missions: Travis AFB C-17 delivers aid to support two COCOMs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Travis Air Force Base website — The Airmen of the 60th Air Mobility Wing delivered COVID-19 personal protective equipment and humanitarian aid bound for two separate combatant commands.

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.

A C-5 is towed from a 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron repair facility at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia May 27, 2015. A strategic initiative between DLA Aviation and the Air Force Commodity Council developed cost effective measures of replacing the planes’ honeycomb panels.

Nov. 20, 2015

DLA Aviation overcomes logistical hurdles for C-5 honeycomb panels

RICHMOND, Virginia — According to the Department of the Air Force, the C-5 military transport airplane is one of the largest aircraft in the world and the largest airlifter in its inventory. The plane can carry a fully-equipped, combat-ready military unit to any point in the world on short notice and then provide the supplies required to help sustain the fighting