DLA Energy News - Category Aviation

Carl Dreschel, general engineer with Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Installation Management Division, enjoys photography, spending time with his wife and daughters, and being himself.

Aug. 11, 2016

RICHMOND, Virginia — Carl Dreschel, general engineer with Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Installation Management Division, enjoys photography, spending time with his wife and daughters, and being himself.

Joe Hodgson, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Supplier Operation’s Bearings Division product specialist, saves the taxpayers $695,000 by recognizing that an automatically generated purchase order wasn’t needed.

Aug. 8, 2016

Aviation employee takes stewardship, accountability to heart

RICHMOND, Va. — Stewardship and accountability go hand-in-hand and Joe Hodgson takes it to heart in his daily job. Hodgson works for Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Supplier Operation’s Bearings Division and one of his tasks in his job as product specialist is to review potential bearing vendors.

Defense Logistics Agency’s Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch speaks with DLA Aviation employees after the town hall, July 29, in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Aug. 5, 2016

DLA Director holds town hall in Richmond

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch returned to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, to update employees on topics ranging from warfighter support to culture survey results during a July 29 town hall at the Lotts Conference Center.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 29, 2016) – Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) conduct an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204), during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Aug. 5, 2016

Biofuel propels Rim of the Pacific exercise

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Biofuel made from waste beef fat propelled ships and aircraft during the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise around the Hawaiian Islands June 30 through Aug. 4.

Material handlers Danny Howard and Charles Gonzalez, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, move a cabinet for delivery to an office at Defense Supply Center Richmond. Office moves, furniture delivery and cube construction are a few of the services provided by the Customer Support Division.

Aug. 4, 2016

DLA jacks, masters of all trades help DLA Aviation, tenants move

RICHMOND, Virginia — There are nearly 3,000 employees working on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, and all of them rely on a small group of divisions known as Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond. The seven divisions of installation support provide more than 70 services that touch employees every day directly or indirectly.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Oklahoma City employee Randy Morningstar, Sr. likes seeing actions he takes have impact across the enterprise. (July 2016)

Aug. 4, 2016

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Randy Morningstar, Sr.

RICHMOND, Va. — Employee Spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and DLA Installation Support at Richmond teams. 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

DLA Energy's Worldwide Energy Conference returns April 2017.

Aug. 3, 2016

DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference to return

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — After a seven-year hiatus, Defense Logistics Agency Energy is bringing back the Worldwide Energy Conference to the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland April 10-12, 2017.

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch addresses students at the Joint Logistics Course, part of the curriculum of the Army Logistics University at Fort Lee, Virginia, July 29.

Aug. 3, 2016

DLA director stresses relationships during wide-ranging day of engagement

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch took advantage of extensive opportunities for engagement with service and industry partners, as well as with the DLA workforce, during a one-day trip to Richmond, Virginia, July 29. If one central theme emerged from all of the events, it was the importance of relationships.

A ground crew fuels a Bulgarian C-27 Spartan aircraft at Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria during Thracian Summer 2016, a joint U.S. and Bulgarian field training deployment exercise held July 9-22. Defense Logistics Agency Energy coordinated the acquisition and delivery of 1.5 million gallons of jet fuel in support of the exercise.

Aug. 2, 2016

DLA Energy Europe & Africa fuels joint U.S., Bulgarian ‘Thracian Summer 2016’ deployment

FORT BELVOIR, Virgnia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Europe & Africa provided key support to Thracian Summer 2016, a U.S. Air Force field training deployment to the nation of Bulgaria, July 9 – 22.

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Oklahoma’s B-52 team stands next to the aircraft they support July 11, 2016 at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma .

Aug. 1, 2016

Aviation Leader Commentary: Customer support specialists relentless in B-52 sustainment

Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma — DLA Aviation's customer support specialists are tireless and creative in making sure long-serving aircraft, such as the B-52 Stratofortress, are supported without delays.