DLA Energy News

U-2 pilot Maj. Ryan enters into a cockpit before flying a sortie in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 2, 2017. During the sortie, the aircraft completed 30,000 hours of flight. This marked the second U-2 in the USAF fleet to reach the milestone and the first overall while flying expeditionary missions under Air Force Central Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

March 29, 2018

DLA Aviation awards U-2 support contract for Pacer Dragon Program

Richmond, Va — Preparing to pilot the Air Force’s U-2 Dragon Lady is much like suiting up to go into space.The Dragon Lady is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude aircraft that provides high-altitude/ near space reconnaissance and all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or night, and delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence. In January, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded a Pacer Dragon Program support contract for $85 million that ensures uninterrupted engine support to those who fly the U-2

Staff Sgt. Robert McGee explains testing to French Le Service des Essences des Armées officer Major Mathieu Picquenard.

March 28, 2018

Military fuel officers trade places

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — French and U.S. military ‘fuelers’ shared expertise during a fuel officer exchange between the French Le Service des Essences des Armées and Defense Logistics Agency Energy.

March 27, 2018

Employee Spotlight: Chad Mullis

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) 279-3139.

March 26, 2018

A Day of Empowerment

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A “Day of Empowerment” training symposium hosted by the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Equal Employment Opportunity Office and the DLA Blacks in Government chapter was held in the McNamara Headquarter Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 28.

March 23, 2018

DLA leader shares career journey

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Kathy Cutler, director of Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations and chief information officer, shared her 36-year career journey with DLA Energy employees during a brown bag mentoring luncheon in the Kunkel Conference Room, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, March 20.

March 20, 2018

DOD leader visits Energy

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Honorable Robert McMahon, assistant secretary of defense for logistics and materiel readiness, visited Defense Logistics Agency Energy Mar. 15.

March 19, 2018

DLA Aviation-Jacksonville recognized for excellence

RICHMOND, VA — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation-Jacksonville employees, along with Fleet Readiness Center Southeast personnel also in Jacksonville, Florida, won the 2017 Naval Air Systems Command Commander Award for Improving Fleet Readiness.

Abstract montage of a mans eye with a radar grid overlaying the pupil. Shallow depth of field.

March 19, 2018

Alert employee thwarts cyber criminals, preventing diversion of major payment

DLA employees remain the first line of defense against fraud, including efforts to misroute government funds. Recently, a DLA Energy employee thwarted a fraudulent request to reroute a payment to a different bank.

March 16, 2018

Aerospace Energy supports medical research

BOSTON — When crucial medical research equipment was inoperative because it needed helium to function, a Harvard University associate professor turned to the Defense Logistics Agency Energy for support.

Several members of the DLA Energy Korea team stand in front of a man made from pipeline and petroleum pumping nozzles known as Pipeline Pete.

March 15, 2018

DLA Energy Commander visits Korea

CAMP WALKER, Korea — Defense Logistics Agency Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin focused on strategic customer engagement and employee recognition during his visit to South Korea, Feb. 25-27.