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Tech. Sgt. Allen Fanter, the non-commissioned officer in charge of cargo operations for the 388th Maintenance Group, stands next to a cargo container in a hangar at Aviano Air Base, Italy during Astral Knight 2019. Fanter is the man tasked with making sure everything needed for a deployment gets to where it needs to be. This is one of more than a dozen movements Fanter has overseen since the 388th and 419th Fighter Wing's received their first F-35As in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Micah Garbarino)

June 5, 2019

Load 'em up: F-35A from A to B? Ask Fanter

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 388th Fighter Wing website — How do you pack an F-35A into a C-17? Or move nearly 300 Airmen, and all the equipment, to support 12 aircraft around Europe for two months? Or make sure you have enough of everything that you’ll need, and almost nothing that you don’t?

As the “backbone” of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron keeps the mission moving at Bagram Airfield.

Dec. 1, 2018

Fuel, parts, vehicles, oh my!

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing website — As the “backbone” of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron keeps the mission moving at Bagram Airfield.

Staff Sgt. Daniel Clanton, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Transportation Organization supervisor, poses for a photo at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 9, 2018. Clanton identified a critical error within the Integrated Computerized Deployment System cargo measuring algorithm, increasing efficiency in the movement of mission essential equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lawrence Sena)

Oct. 12, 2018

Fairchild Airman finds error in ICODES, increasing mission efficiency

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Fairchild Air Force Base website — Staff Sgt. Daniel Clanton, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Transportation Operations supervisor, discovered that the “palletized cargo measuring algorithm” within ICODES, which measures the ability for cargo to be loaded onto an aircraft, was incorrect.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kelvin Mason, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management officer, supervises the moving of cargo at RAF Mildenhall, England, March 9, 2018. The cargo was part of a cargo deployment function scheduled to go to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Cooper)

March 13, 2018

RAF Mildenhall supports AFRICOM

RAF MILDENHALL, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Royal Air Force Mildenhall website — The 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron deployment and distribution flight here, put together a cargo deployment function to send to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, March 10, 2018. The CDF was comprised of almost 10,000 pounds of equipment to aid in continuing support of U.S. Africa Command.

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.

A team of U.S. Army parachute riggers rig a supply bundle in preparation for an airdrop mission at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 6, 2017. Airdrop bundles are rigged within specific guidelines to ensure the cargo properly exits the aircraft, the parachute properly deploys and the bundle lands intact on its target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly)

Sept. 25, 2017

U.S. Air Force, Army partnership feeds the warfighter

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing plays a major logistical role in delivering critical supplies to the frontlines in the war against ISIS. One of the ways the 386th AEW supports the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve mission is by conducting airdrops to move supplies downrange.

Semi-trucks line up on the flightline at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Sept. 21, 2017 and wait to be offloaded. The trucks transported various supplies from all over the country to Dobbins where they were palletized and loaded onto C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and flown to provide hurricane relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

Sept. 24, 2017

Dobbins serves as important hub for hurricane relief efforts

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Dobbins Air Reserve Base website — The flightline resembled a truck stop gas station this week as 18 wheelers were lined up in several rows behind the Transportation Proficiency Center. Trucks carried cargo vital to the relief efforts currently underway in countries lying in the destructive path of Hurricane Maria.

Airman 1st Class Dakwon Aktkinson, 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron forklift operator, moves cargo around the air operations terminal Sept. 22, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field. The cargo was being staged at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Incident Support Base at Kelly for transport to areas devastated by Hurricane Maria (U.S. Air Force image/Dan Hawkins)

Sept. 22, 2017

JBSA-Lackland Kelly Field stands up ISB to support FEMA’s Hurricane Maria relief efforts

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — The Federal Emergency Management Agency stood up an Incident Support Base at JBSA-Kelly Field to aid Hurricane Maria relief efforts with support from the 502nd Air Base Wing Sept. 21.