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Jan. 30, 2020

599th Trans. Bde., Partners Upload Cargo for Pacific Pathways

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Members of the 599th Transportation Brigade and partners uploaded 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, for Operation Pacific Pathways 20-1 onto the M/V Cape Hudson here Jan. 21-23.

Oct. 1, 2019

AMCTES Testers conduct worldwide cargo pallet evaluation

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst website — The heartbeat of Air Mobility Command is its capability to transport goods efficiently and effectively in support of military and humanitarian operations globally. The universal cargo handling system using the 463L cargo pallet has been the mainstay for cargo movement since the early 1960’s, with the standard aluminum cargo pallet essentially unchanged in all of this time — until now.

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III is unloaded after returning from one of the last Operation Deep Freeze flights of the 2018-2019 Antarctic research season at the Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb. 21, 2019. The seasons run annually from September 1st to July 31st. Led by Pacific Air Forces, the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JTF-SFA) provides the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program with logistical support.

Sept. 10, 2019

Joint task force kicks off 64th year of DoD Antarctic mission support

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Pacific Air Forces website — A U.S. Air Force Globemaster III, assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., landed at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Aug. 31, 2019.

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.

Airmen with the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron unload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 9, 2019. The C-17 is attached to the Reserve 89th Airlift Squadron assigned to the 445th Aircraft Wing out of Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

Aug. 22, 2019

2019 a busy year for Hill’s 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Hill Air Force Base website — The year is just halfway over and, according to Mark Dylla, the operations manager for the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, the squadron has had its busiest year since 9/11.

July 30, 2019

621st CRW teams up with joint partners in 'Southeast Asia' for exercise

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center website — Nearly 1.6 million people are still trying to get their bearing after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake ravaged Southeast Asia. After a request for assistance from South Torbia, U.S. Transportation Command calls upon its premier response forces: 621st Contingency Response Wing, 689th Rapid Port Opening Element and the Defense Logistics Agency’s Rapid Deployment Team-Blue. This was the exercise scenario for Turbo Distribution 19-03, held July 18-24, 2019, at Contingency Operating Base Panther in North Vernon, Indiana.

48th Deployment and Distribution Flight Airmen move at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, January 16, 2019. The flight provides Airmen with all necessary equipment to expediently deploy forward and ready, ensuring they can execute their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shanice Williams-Jones)

July 18, 2019

48th LRS D-Flight maintains operational readiness

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Royal Air Force Lakenheath website — How do U.S. Air Force installations maintain the set standard of readiness to ensure mission capability proficiency? 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen say it is achieved through the numerous working elements dedicated to the support of operations and all personnel assigned to the installation.

Day or night, aircraft loading operations keep the mission moving in support of domestic operations at Muniz Air National Guard Base for the Vigilant Guard Exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo)

July 16, 2019

156th "Port Dawgs"

MUNIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Carolina, PR — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 156th Airlift Wing website — Despite the mission, despite the task or despite the natural disaster/emergency – one constant remains on the concrete plateau of Muniz Air National Guard Base, the “Port Dawgs.”

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel push a supply pallet together into a loading truck at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 25, 2019. The supply pallets included both U.S. Air Force and JASDF supplies for exercise RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Branden Yamada)

July 2, 2019

U.S., Japan logistics team equip Misawa forces for RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Misawa Air Base website — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force logistics team members came together to load supplies and prepare for RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 27 to 31.

Tech. Sgt. Allen Fanter, the non-commissioned officer in charge of cargo operations for the 388th Maintenance Group, stands next to a cargo container in a hangar at Aviano Air Base, Italy during Astral Knight 2019. Fanter is the man tasked with making sure everything needed for a deployment gets to where it needs to be. This is one of more than a dozen movements Fanter has overseen since the 388th and 419th Fighter Wing's received their first F-35As in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Micah Garbarino)

June 5, 2019

Load 'em up: F-35A from A to B? Ask Fanter

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 388th Fighter Wing website — How do you pack an F-35A into a C-17? Or move nearly 300 Airmen, and all the equipment, to support 12 aircraft around Europe for two months? Or make sure you have enough of everything that you’ll need, and almost nothing that you don’t?

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