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July 19, 2018
Maintaining the Osprey while Forward Deployed
Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marines website — During June and July 2018, Marines forward deployed to Iraq with an MV-22B detachment in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve conducted maintenance on the Ospreys.
May 30, 2018
Air Force Maintainers Play Critical Role in Operation Inherent Resolve
SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Defense Department website — With more than 1,000 successful missions in the last six months, the 5th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, known as ‘The Jokers,’ supports Operation Inherent Resolve’s busiest aerial port in Southwest Asia.
Sept. 7, 2017
Powering partnerships: Singapore tankers boost Coalition forces, bring fuel to fight
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Combat Command website — This year alone, Coalition air refuelers have already flown more than 5,000 separate in-flight refueling sorties, refueling more than 28,000 aircraft while providing air support to Operation Inherent Resolve.
Aug. 12, 2017
POL: Pumping the “life blood” of fuel to Air Operations
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fuels Management Flight, work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to make sure that the aircraft assigned here are receiving the “life blood” of fuel that to support operations in the U.S. Air Forces Central command area of responsibility.
June 14, 2017
U.S. and Iraqi Air Forces work together to recover, put pallets back into DOD system
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group here started an initiative recently to recover more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts.
Feb. 22, 2017
C&E sends heavy equipment to support Iraq, counter ISIL
PHILADELPHIA — Armored bulldozers and track loaders provided by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are playing a role in protecting Iraq from the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Dec. 21, 2016
Expeditionary Airmen collaborate to repair active runway, continue fight to defeat ISIL
SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Over the span of 15 days 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron members successfully coordinated the removal of accumulated rubber build-up off of 560,000 square feet of an active runway at an undisclosed location, Dec. 19.
Dec. 17, 2016
Guardian technicians: Airmen keep crewmembers prepared, in the air
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Members of the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight work day and night to ensure that the crewmembers they support are ready for anything.
Oct. 19, 2016
Aircraft Parts Store feeds the fight in OIR
SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Over time, wear and tear of aircraft parts can cause planes to be down for days at a time. It’s the job of one shop, in coordination with aircraft maintainers, to try and prevent this from happening.