DLA News Archive

Tag: Individual Protective Equipment

Airman 1st Class Jacob Chatigny, 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron, scans a gas mask for Senior Airman Hector Colon Ventura, 75th LRS, June 15, 2022, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

July 7, 2022

Simple scanner helps 75th LRS speed up deployment processing

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Hill Air Force Base website — Deploying Airmen out the door involves a lot of paperwork, cargo and equipment and the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s is ready to support the movement of it all successfully and efficiently.

An Airman assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing inspects a gas mask at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Oct. 5, 2020. The individual protective equipment section are essential to base wide exercises by ensuring Liberty Wing Airmen are prepared by providing training and deployment gear base wide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rhonda Smith)

Oct. 22, 2020

Materiel Management: Supplying combat airpower

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 156th Wing website — The 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management Flight, also known as M-flight, maintains more than $200 million worth of assets, ensuring Liberty Wing units are supplied and prepared to deliver worldwide responsive combat airpower and support.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Santia Baker, left, and Senior Airman Ronald Tedder, 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment specialists, sift through mobility bags Nov. 18, 2019, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Because of the hazardous nature of some Air Force missions, IPE Airmen are responsible for providing life-saving gear to members across their installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Magbanua)

Nov. 21, 2019

IPE Airmen provide life-saving gear to comrades

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Incirlik Air Base website — An indispensable part of military logistics is individual protective equipment. From ancient Roman armor to modern bullet-proof vests, IPE has protected warriors for millennia.

A male stands on a yellow forklift in a warehouse high in the air.

March 12, 2018

Can’t fly without supply: materiel management circulates supplies

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Little Rock Air Force Base website — Little Rock Air Force Base has multiple aircraft deployed across the globe in support of Combat Airlift at any given time, and the people of the 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management flight work behind the scenes to ensure C-130’s deploy with parts needed to sustain mission requirements.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Snyder, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management supervisor, drives a forklift during a Civil Reserve Air Fleet readiness exercise Nov. 13, 2017, inside the individual protective equipment warehouse on Dover Air Force Base, Del. In addition to IPE for base personnel and deployed members, the 436th LRS also stores all of the IPE for the entire CRAF program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Jenne)

Nov. 28, 2017

Team Dover leads the way in CRAF IPE readiness exercise

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Dover Air Force Base website — Members of the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 436th Aerial Port Squadron participated in a first-of-its-kind, week-long Civil Reserve Air Fleet individual protective equipment readiness exercise Nov. 13-17, 2017.

Gas mask fit testing is performed by the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron's individual protective equipment section. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

June 6, 2017

Readiness requires equipment

EGLIN AIR FORCE Base, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Eglin Air Force website — Deployments, large-scale exercises and readiness training sessions require extensive planning and attention to details. From the number of troops to the timeline for different tasks to be accomplished, Airmen often have a long list of pre-deployment or pre-exercise planning to complete before they can claim readiness.