DLA Aviation News

DLA Aviation employee Kim Chambers works as a purchasing agent career field and is Level II certified.

April 13, 2016

RICHMOND, Virginia — A new acquisition professionals video focusing on a DLA Aviation employee was released on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites April 13.

Jessica Martin, lead dispatcher with Greater Richmond ARC, works at DLA Installation Support at Richmond’s Emergency Communications Center. DLA Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services recognized her service during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 10-14, 2016.

April 11, 2016

Emergency Communications Center, partners in protection

April 10-16 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, when DLA Installation Support at Richmond recognizes the hard work and dedication of its emergency telecommunicators — more commonly known as 911 dispatchers.

April 6, 2016

DLA to hold Restoration Advisory Board meeting April 11 in Chesterfield

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency officials from Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, will host a Restoration Advisory Board meeting at 7:30 p.m., April 11, 2016 at the Bensley Community Center located at 2900 Drewry's Bluff Rd., North Chesterfield, Virginia 23237. The meeting is open to the public.

Contractors are installing 252 geothermal wells to heat and cool the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center Feb. 17, 2016. The first phase of the three-phased, five-story, 252,000 square-feet building is scheduled for occupancy in late 2018 or early 2019.

April 4, 2016

New DLA operations center to use environmentally friendly technology

Geothermal wells are only one of the environmentally friendly technologies being used in the construction of the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presents the February Employee of the Month Award to Dawn Hampton during a ceremony March 28, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Hampton is a price analyst for DLA Aviation’s Procurement Process Support Directorate’s Pricing Division.

March 31, 2016

Richmond price analyst named DLA Aviation’s February Employee of the Month

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s February Employee of the Month is Dawn Hampton. She serves as a price analyst for DLA Aviation’s Procurement Process Support Directorate’s Pricing Division in Richmond, Virginia. DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presented Hampton the award during a ceremony March 28.

DLA Aviation employee Comeicha Wells works in the purchasing acquisition career field and is Level II certified.

March 30, 2016

DLA Aviation employee featured in latest 'Acquisition Professionals' video

A new acquisition professionals video focusing on a DLA Aviation employee was released on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites March 30.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Command Support Directorate hosted 20 personnel from the 192nd Supply Chain Management Squadron from the Virginia Air National Guard, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 16, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The purpose of the guard’s visit was to lean about DLA Aviation processes, meeting customer needs, ordering parts, and getting parts to the warfighter on time.

March 29, 2016

Langley, Eustis Air National Guard visit DLA Aviation

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Command Support Directorate hosted a DLA Aviation mission briefing event, March 16, 2016 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, for 20 personnel from the 192nd Supply Chain Management Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Noel Romey, an information technology specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations at Richmond, shows Senior Leader Conference attendees his refreshable braille display March 3, 2016 after speaking to them about how practicing resiliency has help him face physical challenges. The DLA Aviation Senior Leader Conference was held March 1-3 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

March 29, 2016

DLA employee describes resiliency in face of physical challenges

RICHMOND, Va. — A DLA employee who is blind talked about being resilient in the face of daily challenges, in a presentation he recently gave to DLA Aviation senior leaders.

Donald Rogers, fire chief, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond addresses a group of employees inside the Center Restaurant on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, who participated in the installation’s tornado drill March 22, 2016.

March 28, 2016

DSCR takes part in statewide tornado exercise

RICHMOND, Virginia — The peace and serenity of a warm, clear sunny March day on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, was shattered, in an instant, when a tornado warning blared over the installation’s Giant Voice speaker system.

Two MCV-22 Osprey aircraft flew to Defense Supply Center Richmond March 1, 2016. Onboard is Defense Logistics Agency’s Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis who arrived to speak from the voice of the customer perspective on readiness, process excellence, and resiliency during the Senior Leader Conference held March 1-3, 2016. The Osprey was flown by the Marine Corps Squadron One and is the second landing on the Defense Supply Center Richmond’s helipad.

March 25, 2016

Working to meet Marine Corps’ Aviation readiness goals

Richmond, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Marine Corps customer facing team has taken measures to improve material support for aviation readiness through improved forecasting, industry collaborations, fleet engagement, and supplier summits to ensure life-cycle support. These efforts, combined with continuous process improvements in fleet maintenance and supply, have led to a positive readiness trend for the AV-8B Harrier and its F-402 engine

David Gibson, site director, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond and Lucy Lewis, president, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1992, look on as DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day signs the application March 15, 2016, requesting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection to determine Defense Supply Center Richmond’s qualification for earning a star under OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program.

March 23, 2016

DSCR reaches crucial milestone in quest to achieve OSHA star

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, is one step closer to receiving a star under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.

Retired Army Capt. Santiago “Angel” Rodriguez speaks about his experiences as a wounded warrior during the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Senior Leader Conference, March 1 - 3, 2016 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Rodriguez currently serves as a customer account specialist in DLA Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate

March 22, 2016

Resiliency helps wounded warrior return to workforce

Retired Army Capt. Santiago “Angel” Rodriguez was a lunchtime speaker at the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Senior Leadership Conference held March 1-3 in Richmond, Virginia. He spoke about his military deployments, multiple injuries he sustained; and how practicing resiliency techniques enabled him work at DLA.

Defense Logistics Agency employees celebrate Warrior Wednesday with a fun walk/run March 16, 2016 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

March 17, 2016

Employee Working Group holds Warrior Wednesday fun walk/run

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia celebrated the March Warrior Wednesday with a Spirit of Spring Fun Walk/Run.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Director of Business Process Support, Teresa Smith, first row, second from the left, stands with team members as they prepare for a 10-mile Ruck March on July 28, 2015 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Smith used the physical resiliency building block to help cope with the stress when she deployed in 2015 as the DLA Support Team Afghanistan deputy commander.

March 15, 2016

DLA supervisor shares deployment experience as resiliency lesson

RICHMOND, Virginia — A DLA Aviation supervisor recently shared her experiences from her 2015 deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, where she served for six months as the DLA Support Team deputy commander.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day hosts the Senior Leader Conference on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, March 1-3, 2016. The conference theme was “Building a Culture of Innovation and Resiliency,” with a focus on effective leadership strategies, integrity, innovative thinking, accountability, removing barriers and resiliency. Attending were leaders from DLA, DLA Aviation and industry partners.

March 14, 2016

SLC focuses on innovation, resiliency, culture

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day hosted the Senior Leadership Conference, themed “Building a Culture of Innovation and Resiliency,” March 1-3 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.