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Tag: materiel management

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft loadmaster, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, ensures the cargo is secured properly during a mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 14, 2021. U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Taylor Crul)

Jan. 5, 2022

System tracks every item in the Air Force inventory

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center website — Want to know how many aircraft tires or satellites are in Department of the Air Force asset inventory? The Integrated Logistics System – Supply or ILS-S has the answer.

Two female Airmen stand next to each other next to a very tall wall of shelves

April 25, 2021

60th LRS Materiel Management: You can’t fly without supply

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force website — The mission at Travis Air Force Base is the largest in the Air Mobility Command and the units’ responsibilities are spread out — some Airmen fly while others repair, but if you need a part, you trust the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management Flight to get that part and get that aircraft back in the sky.

An Airman assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing inspects a gas mask at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Oct. 5, 2020. The individual protective equipment section are essential to base wide exercises by ensuring Liberty Wing Airmen are prepared by providing training and deployment gear base wide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rhonda Smith)

Oct. 22, 2020

Materiel Management: Supplying combat airpower

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 156th Wing website — The 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management Flight, also known as M-flight, maintains more than $200 million worth of assets, ensuring Liberty Wing units are supplied and prepared to deliver worldwide responsive combat airpower and support.

Staff Sgt. Mario Lopez, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management craftsman, organizes boxes at the newly relocated Desert Depot Oct. 30, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 379th ELRS recently relocated the Desert Depot, celebrating the moves completion during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ceremony completes a two-year effort to relocate to a $1.1 million facility. Airmen of the 379th ELRS pulled together to move 42,000 assets to the new location during a four-day period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

Oct. 31, 2018

ELRS Airmen open new Desert Depot

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron celebrated the relocation of the Desert Depot here during a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 30, 2018.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Auger, a central storage technician, and Senior Airman Seth Soares, a flight service center technician, both assigned to the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron, move a Pelican case at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 11, 2018.

April 13, 2018

6 LRS supply moves, boosts capabilities

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the MacDill Air Force Base website — Airmen assigned to the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management flight is undergoing a warehouse transition, which began March 2018, and is slated to be completed mid-May 2018, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

A male stands on a yellow forklift in a warehouse high in the air.

March 12, 2018

Can’t fly without supply: materiel management circulates supplies

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Little Rock Air Force Base website — Little Rock Air Force Base has multiple aircraft deployed across the globe in support of Combat Airlift at any given time, and the people of the 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management flight work behind the scenes to ensure C-130’s deploy with parts needed to sustain mission requirements.

Tech. Sgt. Surnicke Graham, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment Element, discusses issue list with U.S. Air force Staff Sgt. Donald Steelfox, Jan. 17, 2018, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The 673d LRS/IPE is responsible for inspecting all chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear IPE.

Jan. 25, 2018

673d LRS Materiel Managment supplies Arctic Warriors

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson website — Like spokes on a wheel, the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Materiel Management Flight provides balance, strength and supply-chain support to help Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson accomplish the mission.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Emily Reed, 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron flight service center journeyman, tags a coupling clamp to maintain accountability of the product June 8, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The 19th LRS has maintained a 98-percent inventory accuracy rate over the past year, surpassing the Air Mobility Command’s 97-percent standard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Kevin Sommer Giron)

Aug. 2, 2017

Materiel management: Circulating supplies, excellence

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Little Rock Air Force Base website — The 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management flight works hard 24/7 to pump out essential components to keep the Combat Airlift mission going.