DLA News Archive

Tag: Air Force Reserve

Master Sgt. Megan Hayden, 2nd Lt. Kyra Traino, Airman 1st Class Tobias Frank, and Staff Sgt. Maya Hurley, all of the C-130 Weapons System Management Flight at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., stand in front of a WC-130J assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., prior to an incentive flight Aug. 25, 2021. The 32-person flight oversees parts accessioning for 454 C-130Js in 59 locations across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

Sept. 2, 2021

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 403rd Wing website — No matter how skilled a unit of aircraft maintainers is, or how great the aircraft they’re responsible for is: wear and tear is inevitable, and at some point, parts need updating and replacing.

The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly in the eye of Hurricane Dorian, Aug. 31, 2019. The WC-130J aircraft flew through the eye of the hurricane four times to gather weather data to determine the intensity and path. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Diana Cossaboom)

Sept. 6, 2019

Hurricane Hunters finish flying Dorian

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 403rd Wing website — Over the last two weeks the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka Hurricane Hunters, have flown 25 missions in support of Hurricane Dorian.

U.S. Air Force members from the 86th Material Maintenance Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and local members of the Warehouses Service Agency load an AM-2 matt landing strip at the Central Region Storage Facility, Feb. 22, 2010, Sanem, District of Luxembourg, in support of ongoing war efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong)

July 1, 2019

Colorado reservists make impact abroad

PETERSON AIR FORCE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 302nd Airlift Wing website — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron spent two weeks bolstering wartime readiness for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and the U.S. Africa Command at the War Reserve Materiel Central Regional Storage Facility in Luxembourg.

Senior Master Sgt. William Kellums, the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment superintendent, sits aboard a parked C-130 Hercules aircraft with custom-made equipment bags at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 15, 2018.

Sept. 21, 2018

Stitching pride into the mission

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 302nd Airlift Wing website — Though their chief responsibility is ensuring aircrew safety, the Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop go beyond that scope by using a skill set some might not associate with a military organization – sewing.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Melvin Ibaretta, the deputy commander of the Air Force Reserve’s 624th Regional Support Group, works with members of the 44th Aerial Port Squadron by grabbing a bag of rice to include in a Christmas bundle during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 9, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Operation Christmas Drop has been providing critical supplies to 56 Micronesian Islands since 1952. The 44th Aerial Port Squadron supports the 624th Regional Support Group’s mission of providing combat readiness, quality management and peacetime deployments in the Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne Herrmann)

Dec. 12, 2017

Reservists Bundle Christmas Joy for Remote Islanders

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — Air Force reservists from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, worked alongside the people of Guam to fill boxes full of critical supplies as part of Operation Christmas Drop.