DLA Aviation News

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia is part of a team that keeps the UH-60 platforms mission ready. The UH-60 Black Hawks are used for a variety of missions including medical evacuation, air assault, personnel transport and airlift. Shown here are two, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare for landing at Forward Operating Base Kalagush, Sept. 7, 2008.

May 23, 2016

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia, is part of a team that keeps the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter mission ready in production, deployment, and sustainment.

Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond police officers respond to a simulated active shooter during an emergency response exercise held on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 2014. DLA will hold another active shooter exercise May 24, 2016.

May 18, 2016

DSCR emergency response exercise takes place May 24

RICHMOND, VA — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond and DLA Aviation will conduct an active shooter emergency response exercise on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 24. DLA Police and Fire and Emergency Services officials will participate in the exercise.

Mary Studevant, a retired Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia employee has been selected to be inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation 2016 Hall of Fame June 16. (Courtesy photo)

May 17, 2016

Studevant selected as DLA Aviation’s 2016 Hall of Fame inductee

RICHMOND, Virginia — Mary Studevant, former deputy director of what is now known as Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, has been selected for the 2016 DLA Aviation Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony will be at 1 p.m. June 16 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Norfolk State University Police Chief Troy Covington served as guest speaker for the 2016 Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Police Department’s Peace Officers' Memorial Day in a ceremony held at the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 12, 2016.

May 16, 2016

Ceremony honors police officers, marks start of National Police Week

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Police Department observed Peace Officers' Memorial Day in a poignant ceremony in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 12.

DLA Aviation Richmond's Forging and Casting Action Team led a two-day technology transfer seminar field trip to visit two facilities to see first hand the processes of forging and casting parts, April 19-20, 2016. Shown here, a foundry worker demonstrates forging a metal part at the U.S. Drop Forge company in Woolrich Township, New Jersey.

May 13, 2016

AFCAT team leads technology transfer seminar

RICHMOND, VA — Twenty-two Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees visited two industrial facilities April 19-20 to gain a better understanding, from a manufacture’s perspective, of issues involved in casting and forging.

May is 9-1-1 Awareness Month at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Fire and Emergency Services stress the importance of what information is needed during emergencies to help first responders when making calls to 9-1-1.

May 11, 2016

Understand 9-11 call processes, procedures helps emergencies

RICHMOND, Virginia — May is 9-1-1 Awareness Month at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services, as well as the alliance of police, emergency management, anti-terrorism, and other DLA public safety resources are reaching out to the DLA community on the installation to ensure employees and the public are ready to access their help during emergencies.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Warren Berry, vice commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, shares lunch with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's military cadre during his visit to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 4, 2016.

May 10, 2016

AFMC vice commander visits DLA Aviation

RICHMOND, Va. — Air Force Maj. Gen. Warren Berry, vice commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visited Defense Logistics Agency Aviation May 4 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Officer Randall Guratosky, a federal police officer who serves at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, poses for a photo as part of Police Week Recognition May 4, 2016.

May 10, 2016

Police Week Spotlight: Officer Randall Guratosky

RICHMOND, Va. — As part of National Police Week observances, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and DLA Installation Support at Richmond will spotlight police officers at Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, who selflessly secure and protect the base, its people and its neighbors.

Glenn Cooper, chief of maintenance with DLA Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia, helps guide the F-100 Engine static display off the delivery truck May 4, 2016 while Randy Shortridge, chief of Industrial Equipment Services Section in installation support, oversees activity from the ground. The engine will be on display in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond.

May 6, 2016

DLA Installation Support at Richmond takes receipt of its newest static display

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia, personnel maneuvered the installation’s newest static display, an F-100 Engine, off the truck and into the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, May 4.

Michael Beeskau, an aircraft engine mechanic repairs a TF-34 engine March 4, 2015 at the Crinkley Engine Facility on Fleet Readiness Center Southeast in Jacksonville, Florida. The engine powers the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthog" aircraft

May 4, 2016

Aviation Leader Commentary: Warfighter First

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency's No. 1 goal is to deliver innovative and responsive solutions to warfighters first. To me, that means ensuring my fellow service members always have the advantage.

Defense Supply Center Richmond's annual "Bring Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day" was held April 28, 2016, in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center in Richmond, Virginia. During the activities, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Senior Enlisted Advisor Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Phu Cao and his sons Huy, center, and Trung, right, share positive messages. The event, titled "Sparkling Aha! Moments,” was open to children ages 8-19, and over 160 children participated.

May 2, 2016

DLA employees bring daughters and sons to work for annual event

RICHMOND, Virginia — “Take your Daughters and Sons to Work Day” was celebrated at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, April 28. More than 160 children from various Defense Logistics Agency activities on DSCR participated in the annual event, which was sponsored by the Strategic Acquisitions Directorate and the Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Office.

Suppliers from across the United States visit Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, April 19-20, 2016 learning the latest procurement information at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Supplier Industry Day.

April 28, 2016

Supplier Industry Day provides engagement opportunities

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Supplier Industry Day kicked off April 19 in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. According to DLA Aviation Director of Supplier Operations Navy CAPT Robert Keating, who provided the opening remarks, it was the largest Supplier Industry Day to date, with more than 100 vendors attending.

Airman 1st Class Michael Schulz, 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle management flight mechanic, changes the oil of a government vehicle March 22, 2016, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Schulz was one of two Airmen tasked with changing the oil of six vehicles which will be testing a new bio-based synthetic oil which could potentially help the Air Force’s initiative to use more sustainable materials and be environmentally conscious.

April 27, 2016

DLA Aviation leads bio-based synthetic oil testing for federal vehicles

Non-tactical federal vehicles may soon become less environmentally harmful, thanks to the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Hazardous Minimization and Green Products Program.

Dr. Adan Penilla, from Colorado State University, facilitates a workshop which focused on understanding differences in how other cultures communicate through sign language April 8, 2016 in Chester, Virginia. The event, which was coordinated and hosted by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Office included sign language interpreters from the Department of Defense, other federal organizations and Chesterfield County Public Schools. (Photo by Jackie Roberts, DLA Installation Support at Richmond).

April 27, 2016

Sign language interpreter training focuses on Middle Eastern culture

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Equal Employment, Opportunity and Diversity Office hosted a Federal Interpreter Training Workshop April 8 in Chester, Virginia.

Erik Wetterhall, shown here aboard a UH-60M Blackhawk, is a customer logistics site specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Huntsville, Alabama. Wetterhall was part of a support team traveling to Marietta Georgia April 6, 2016 to assist a Georgia National Guard unit with a fuel cell issue.

April 25, 2016

A bird’s eye view from a Blackhawk Helicopter

RICHMOND, Virginia — Erik Wetterhall, shown here aboard a UH-60M Blackhawk, is a customer logistics site specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Huntsville, Alabama. Wetterhall was part of a support team traveling to Marietta Georgia April 6, 2016 to assist a Georgia National Guard unit with a fuel cell issue.