Yesterday's Air Force: Reverse Lend-Lease Published Dec. 2, 2015 By Air Force TV FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- The logistics of war are complicated and having the right aircraft at the right place and time is a key to victory. At the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II the Reverse Lend-Lease program set the U.S. up for success. Yesterday's Air Force is a history and heritage featurette series profiling significant people and missions from the Air Force's past.