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Navy Rear Adm. Deborah Haven, DLA JRF Director, speaks to Air Force IMAs during an IMA All Call Feb. 3 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Va., The event was designed to help IMAs and their leaders understand the benefits and practices of the Air Force IMA program.

Feb. 6, 2017

Inaugural all-call helps hone Air Force IMA processes, best practices

More than 70 Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees and Defense Logistics Agency Joint Reserve Force leaders recently joined in a two-day event to train, exchange ideas and broaden their skills, during the DLA JRF February Battle Assembly at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. IMAs, who are accountable to the Air Force

Airman 1st Class Raul Guzman, a crew chief with the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, prepares to launch an F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 3. Maintainers and pilots from Hill Air Force Base's 388th and 419th Fighter Wings deployed the fifth-generation fighter to Nellis AFB Jan. 20. This is the first deployment of the F-35A to a Red Flag exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

Feb. 6, 2017

F-35A, maintainers proving reliable at Red Flag

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Hill Air Force Base website — When it comes to the F-35A, much is made of the edge its fifth-generation technology gives pilots, but America’s newest fighter aircraft is also proving capable in the hands of maintainers.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's military leaders attend the Military Leader Professional Development 'lunch and learn' event, Jan. 27, 2017 in the Lott's Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Topics discussed were the partnership program with Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center's Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program and the Servicemember Transitional Advanced Rehabilitation program known as the STAR program.

Feb. 6, 2017

Military leader professional development: lunch and learn

Richmond, Virginia — A military leader professional development “brown bag lunch’ event was held Jan. 27 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Personnel from Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center spoke to the group about their Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program and partnership with DLA Aviation.

Tech Sgt. Trevor Gray and Master Sgt. Jared Richmond, 434th Maintenance Group repair and reclamation technicians, reinstall a stabilizer trim actuator on Jan. 8, 2017 at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. The actuator is located in a small compartment in the tail of the aircraft often referred to as the “hellhole.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dakota Bergl)

Feb. 6, 2017

TCTO sends Airmen into KC-135R “hellhole”

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Grissom Air Reserve Base website — No maintainer enjoys being required to climb into the small compartment, often called the “hellhole,” in the tail of a KC-135R Stratotanker, even if it just for a short time.

A DLA Distribution Albany, Georgia forklift is buried under the wreckage of a rail head ramp. The entire base received major damage from the category five hurricane that touched down on Jan. 22.

Feb. 6, 2017

DLA Distribution teams help site five states away rebuild from tornado

ALBANY, Georgia — After a severe tornado ravaged Albany, Georgia, teams from DLA Distribution arrived to provide services, supplies and expertise — helping the local DLA distribution center get up and running in less than two weeks.

Feb. 6, 2017

Logistics On Location: DLA Supports Tiger Balm

BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii — Logistics is key to mission success and during Tiger Balm 2016 DLA played an important role to ensure the Army had the support it needed to complete its bilateral exercise with the Singaporean Army.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elijah Fleming, a crew chief assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, walks on top of the B-2 Spirit aircraft while performing post-flight inspections after a local training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 17, 2017. Close to 200 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and Barksdale Air Force Base, La., deployed to Andersen AFB, in support of U.S. Strategic Command Bomber and Deterrence missions. USSTRATCOM bomber missions familiarize aircrew with airbases and operations in different Geographic Combatant Commands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Andy M. Kin)

Feb. 3, 2017

Maintainers: Keeping Spirits up overseas

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Whiteman Air Force Base website — During the 2017 Bomber Assurance and Deterrence mission, over 20 different shops under the 509th and 131st Maintenance Group provided Airmen who embraced long days and demanding workloads.

Lamar Denno, marketing director for Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond's Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Office on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, enjoys spending time with his family and is a fan creative design and communications.

Feb. 3, 2017

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Lamar Denno

RICHMOND, Va. — Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs. For more information, call (804) 279-3130.

Fred A. Hildrich became deputy commander of DLA Distribution Red River, Texas on Jan. 8, 2017.

Feb. 3, 2017

Hildrich selected as deputy DLA Distribution Red River

TEXARKANA, Texas — Fred A. Hildrich became deputy commander of DLA Distribution Red River, Texas on Jan. 8, 2017.

The Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment), the Honorable Steven Iselin, will be a keynote speaker at the 2017 Worldwide Energy Conference, sponsored by DLA Energy.

Feb. 2, 2017

Pentagon endorses DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The eighth annual 2017 Worldwide Energy Conference, sponsored by Defense Logistics Agency Energy, has received the endorsement and support from the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense, Logistics and Materiel Readiness.