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Feb. 3, 2018

 Following the Fuel 

                    Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar  —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — High above a cold and dusty mountain range in Afghanistan, an F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker at more than 30,000 feet. Many man hours and quality control processes are completed by U.S. Air Force Airmen and civilian contractors to ensure this fighter receives the fuel it needs to complete the mission.            

Jan. 18, 2018

 Cannon firetruck maintainers keep mission well-oiled 

                    CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Cannon Air Force Base website — When fires need to be put out, citizens call firefighters. When firefighters need their vehicles fixed, they call on firetruck maintainers. It’s a chain where one link can affect the rest.            

Jan. 18, 2018

 POL enables faster turnarounds, longer missions 

                    MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Moody Air Force Base website — “With hot-pit refuels we’re prepositioned and they taxi to us and with the engines still running,” said Tech. Sgt. Zachary Beggin, 23d LRS NCO in charge of fuels distribution. “They hookup, refuel and their back up in the air and it decreases ground time by 66 percent.”            

Dec. 13, 2017

 Hot-pit refueling enables high-ops training 

                    MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Moody Air Force Base website — The 23d Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant section kept aircraft flying around the clock by conducting the more efficient hot-pit styled refuels, Dec. 4 -7, during the 23d Wing’s Phase 1, Phase 2 exercise, here.            

Dec. 11, 2017

 Alaska Guard fuel supply specialist keeps aircraft flying 

                    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — When it comes to safely pumping fuel into 1-207th Aviation UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, following instructions to the letter is critical to the job.            

Oct. 6, 2017

 Georgia Air National Guard fuels the response and recovery effort 

                    SAVANNAH, Ga —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Air National Guard C-130 and C-17 cargo aircraft have airlifted hundreds of Guard members and hundreds of thousands of pounds of cargo from Savannah to Puerto Rico and the island territories this week.            

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.              

Aug. 10, 2017

 Refueling mission linchpin in allied training 

                    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md.  —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 459th Air Refueling Wing website — Last week, the 459th Air Refueling Wing provided refueling escort to ten A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, on their way to Estonia while simultaneously administering training to aircrews with the newly established 914th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York.            

Aug. 10, 2017

 ‘Untouchables’ rise to the occasion during ITX 5-17 

                    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marines website — Marine aviation provides the Marine Air Ground Task Force with the operational flexibility it needs to accomplish its mission across the range of military operations such as delivering fires, facilitating integrated command and control, enhancing mobility and maneuver, providing force protection, sustaining combat power, and collecting intelligence.            

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