DLA Aviation News

May 19, 2023

Employee Spotlight: Christopher Petrie

RICHMOND, Va. — Employee spotlight recognizes Christopher Petrie.

May 18, 2023

National Police Week spotlight: Dennis Lopez

RICHMOND, Va. — Dennis Lopez shares details about his job as a DLA police officer police officer in Richmond, Virginia.

May 18, 2023

Aviation recognizes February 2023 Employees of the Month

RICHMOND, Va. — February 2023 employees of the month Nathaniel Steele and Thomas ‘Tommy’ Simpson have worked diligently to keep materials moving for the safety and support of fleet readiness at DLA Aviation.

May 17, 2023

DLA Aviation at Richmond celebrates April as 9-1-1 awareness month

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation marked 9-1-1 awareness during the month of April, ensuring Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia employees, contractors and visitors know how, when and why to call 9-1-1.

May 15, 2023

Fire warden training prepares and empowers DLA employees on DSCR

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Richmond and Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia tenant employees recently completed semi-annual training preparing them to serve as fire wardens around DSCR. Classes were held virtually and in-person in the Frank B. Lotts Center Mar. 21, 22, and 23.

May 12, 2023

Employee Spotlight: Tiffani Perry

RICHMOND, VA. — Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation

May 11, 2023

2023 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Alma Charles

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Alma Charles, the former division chief of DLA Aviation’s Aviation Commodities Division, is a member of the 2023 DLA Hall of Fame.

May 10, 2023

Aviation employees unite in support of awareness and preventing sexual assault

RICHMOND, Va. — Employees from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, the Army’s 80th Training Command, the Virginia National Guard Headquarters and DLA Aviation at San Diego took part in enterprisewide events in support of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia and Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California, April 26 -27.

May 5, 2023

DLA Aviation hosts NDIA during 2023 DLA Supply Chain Alliance Conference and Exhibition

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation welcomed DLA Land and Maritime and the National Defense Industrial Exhibition to Richmond, Virginia for the DLA Supply Chain Alliance Conference and Exhibition May 3 and 4.

May 3, 2023

DLA legal enterprise meets for training and education

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director Brad Bunn headlined DLA Office of General Counsel’s Legal Education and Training Seminar (LETS) Apr. 25-27.

May 2, 2023

Aviation Commander visits three states in four days

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Sean Tyler spent four days meeting those who support the Army customers by conducting site visits to the Army Depot in Corpus Christi, Texas, depot level repairable team in Huntsville, Alabama, and attended the Army Aviation Association of America conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Apr. 24 – 27.

May 1, 2023

Training summit lays solid foundation for future business process analysts

RICHMOND, Va. — More than five dozen business process analysts from across the Defense Logistics Agency enterprise converged on Richmond, Virginia for the Enterprise Business Process Analyst Training Development Summit. The event took place in the DLA Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Mar. 27-31.

April 27, 2023

Employee Spotlight: Marlon Wentz

RICHMOND, Va. — DLA Aviation Spotlight recognizes Marlon Wentz.

April 26, 2023

Pinwheels for prevention: Betty Ackerman CDC Raising awareness about child abuse

RICHMOND, Va. — The Betty Ackerman Child Development Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia held a pinwheel parade promoting National Child Abuse Prevention Month April 14.

April 25, 2023

Second annual Aviation Leadership Academy, building leadership through teamwork

Richmond, Va. — April 18 - 20 marks the second annual Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Leadership Academy, held at the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The academy is a training course designed for employees in non-supervisory paygrades GS 11-13 aspiring to move into leadership positions.