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June 4, 2026
Air Force forges decision advantage through logistics C2 hackathon

The 505th Command and Control Wing recently hosted a Logistics C2 Hackathon, focusing on solutions to accelerate decision timelines from tactical requirement generation to strategic execution.
June 4, 2026
732nd AMS leverages artificial intelligence to enhance Arctic TTX

The tabletop exercise was designed as a logistics-focused training event, which identified potential limiting factors that could arise during real-world operational surges.
May 28, 2026
AFMC effort aims to modernize theater setting, shifting legacy logistics to integrated capabilities

AFMC is leading efforts to transform how the service pre-positions logistics across the globe by shifting from fragmented, dormant equipment stockpiles to dynamic, ready-to-fight capability packages, transforming theater logistics into an active strategic deterrent.
Aug. 20, 2025
AMC enables agile and sustained logistics in the Indo-Pacific region during the 2025 DLE series

AMC has sustained operations as part of the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 DLE series across the Indo-Pacific region validating its ability to project and sustain combat power, alongside allies and partners, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region
June 11, 2025
78th Logistics Readiness Squadron Ground Transportation carries load of ‘Combat Trucker’

The 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron Ground Transportation Flight ensures warfighters have the vehicles and support needed to carry out missions, both at home and abroad, most notably during times of national and international crises.
April 21, 2025
445th LRS ensures readiness through preparation

The key to always being ready is preparation–words that embody the missions carried out by the 445th Logistics Readiness Squadron.
April 15, 2025
ACC leads radical change to USAF fleet maintenance, management

Air Combat Command is leading efforts to overhaul how the U.S. Air Force does aircraft maintenance and fleet management this spring.
Feb. 12, 2025
36th AS flexes agility, conducts airdrop operations under limited visibility

Four C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron revved engines in preparation for a routine, yet convincing, demonstration of world-class agility, Feb. 6.
March 1, 2024
AF Week in Photos

This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Aug. 16, 2023
DAF selects JetZero to develop blended wing body aircraft prototype

The Department of the Air Force selected JetZero for the next phase of a blended wing body prototype aircraft project Aug. 16.
Aug. 9, 2023
DoD releases findings from independent panel review of Microelectronics Quantifiable Assurance Effort

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 directed the DAF chief scientist to assemble an independent panel of experts and conduct a review of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Microelectronics Quantifiable Assurance efforts.
July 27, 2023
USAF, allies accelerate logistics interoperability

The forum focused on aligning with the National Defense Strategy to prioritize agile and responsive logistics and sustainment, while directly supporting DAF Operational Imperatives on resilient basing and readiness to deploy and fight.
July 15, 2023
AFRL Airlift Challenge tests AI-based logistics for future operations

The Air Force Research Laboratory, hosted an Airlift Challenge competition in January 2023. This online competition is helping to advance state-of-the-art planning algorithms for executing airlift operations for the United States Air Force.
June 22, 2023
Air Force senior leaders hold contested logistics table-top exercise

Senior Air Force officials gathered to discuss strategy, policy and the future fight at the CORONA-South summit at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, where senior leaders held a table-top exercise focused on the strategic risks related to conducting logistics in contested environments.
Oct. 19, 2022
Van Ovost says TRANSCOM effectively delivering security assistance to Ukraine

Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, provided the keynote address Oct. 17 at the National Defense Transportation Association-Transcom fall meeting.
Oct. 12, 2022
Department of the Air Force wins 3 federal energy, water management awards

The Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program recognized three Department of the Air Force teams and multiple individuals with 2022 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards.
May 8, 2022
Air advisors engage Peruvian Air Force, rekindle training mission

Air advisors with the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron engaged with Peruvian Air Force members to train their fixed-wing unit. The mission demonstrates PERAF’s interoperability with the U.S. Air Force in future exercises and real-world operations.
March 18, 2022
Kendall provides Logistics Officer Association keynote, underscores importance of logistics in executing ‘Seven Operational Imperatives’

During his remarks, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall stressed the importance of logistics both in general and as it pertains to his seven operational imperatives and achieving operational success.
Feb. 7, 2022
Hunter swears in as Air Force acquisition lead

Hunter, a former senior executive in the Department of Defense, was most recently a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies focused on emerging technologies, defense trade, the defense acquisition system and industrial policy.
Jan. 9, 2022
Modern logistics system aids, tracks Air Force inventory

The Integrated Logistics System – Supply or ILS-S enables the Air Force to track inventory across the Total Force
Oct. 19, 2021
Kendall calls for ‘technically and operationally innovative approaches’ to meet logistics challenges

Kendall’s keynote remarks to the National Defense Transportation Association and the U.S. Transportation Command’s Fall Meeting offered in unvarnished terms the challenges facing the United States posed by China and what the U.S. must do to best maintain global stability.
Aug. 4, 2021
AFMC takes on role as servicing major command for Space Force

Recently, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force took steps to define AFMC’s role as the designated servicing MAJCOM for U.S. Space Force.
April 29, 2021
JBER debuts innovation project during Polar Force 21-5

The team, which was led by Capt. Jamey Shuls, 773rd Logistics Readiness Squadron director of operations, designed and conceptualized URSUS in partnership with the air staff’s Tesseract innovation team and Air Force Research Laboratory.
March 11, 2021
109th Airlift Wing wraps up Antarctic research support

From November through February, the 73 Airmen and three LC-130 Hercules supported the United States Antarctic research efforts as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the Department of Defense’s annual support to the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic program.
Jan. 19, 2021
Air Force acquisition executive unveils next e-Plane, publishes digital engineering guidebook

In a follow-on to his Matrix-themed “There is No Spoon” treatise, Dr. William Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, released a sequel essay that establishes criteria for digitally-engineered programs, while revealing Next Generation Air Dominance has
Aug. 31, 2020
Ramstein AB wins 2020 Air Force Innkeeper Award

The Air Force Innkeeper Award Program announced Ramstein Air Base as the winner of the 2020 Air Force Innkeeper Award Aug. 20.
Aug. 27, 2020
Acquisition chief to host AFVentures-focused 'Ask Me Anything'

Col. Nate Diller, AFWERX director, will moderate and co-host the live, virtual event that provides an opportunity for Airmen and Space Professionals, industry partners, the American public and members of the media to directly engage with Roper and Diller on all things AFVentures.
June 27, 2020
JB Charleston benefits from Military Personnel Exchange Program

The exchange program is a two-year course that personnel from NATO are able to participate in at bases across the U.S. Air Force.
March 30, 2020
President signs executive order calling up Air Force Reserve medics, other specialties

For the Air Force Reserve, personnel already serving in the Selected Reserve and Participating Individual Ready Reserve, as well as those assigned to the Individual Ready Reserve, may be asked to volunteer to activate in support of COVID-19 response. If taskings exceed the volunteer pool,
Nov. 20, 2019
AFMC to host virtual career fair

A virtual career fair, hosted by the Air Force Materiel Command, will focus on filling more than 100 vacancies across the command in career fields to include contracting, financial management, force support, information technology, intelligence, logistics, medical, program management, public
Sept. 26, 2019
DLA national account managers adapt to Air Force goals

DLA’s seven-member Air Force National Account Manager team works with logisticians and planners at Air Force headquarters to increase service readiness.
Sept. 18, 2019
Roper: Air Force of the future is faster, smarter, bolder

“To become a more competitive acquisition system, the Air Force needs to be aware of trends in technology,” said Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics. “The world is changing, we have to change with it. The key is to decide which technology
July 25, 2019
Air Force targets drones during latest Pitch Day

The day-long event began with thirteen pitches from businesses, followed by deliberations by Air Force junior officers and civilians, who chose to award Phase 1 small business contracts to every Pitch Day participant.
June 25, 2019
USAFE – AFAFRICA hosts force development event for African, European partners

The A-EPF is a security cooperation program with European and African partner nations to improve professional military knowledge and skills. This event included workshops in a variety of disciplines, including officer and enlisted development, recruitment and retention, quality of life programs,
June 19, 2019
Travis AFB completes joint inspection with FEMA, ensures readiness

Urban search and rescue is considered a "multi-hazard" discipline, as it may be needed for a variety of emergencies or disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, dam failures, technological accidents, terrorist activities and hazardous materials releases.
April 15, 2019
81st LRS provides support for exercise Neptune Guardian

The 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron supported a joint exercise, Neptune Guardian, with the Navy and Coast Guard, April 6-11.
April 9, 2019
Medical logistics Airmen enable enhancement of lifesaving skills at NATO exercise in Romania

Approximately 50 Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived April 3 at Cincu Military Base, Romania, to participate in the NATO-led medical exercise Vigorous Warrior 19.
March 18, 2019
F-35 multilateral conference sets stage for operational integration in Indo-Pacific

F-35 Lightning II subject matter experts from the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea met to improve 4th and 5th generation aircraft theater interoperability during the second Pacific F-35 User Group Conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 12 -14.
Jan. 15, 2019
$40M available for start-ups, small businesses through Air Force Pitch Day

The Air Force is calling for submissions from start-ups and small businesses as it seeks to rapidly invest up to $40 million at Air Force Pitch Day as part of a larger rapid contracting effort.
Jan. 6, 2019
REDHORSE and Prime BEEF building up ADAB

The 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group provides theater-wide engineering technical services, light and heavy troop labor construction and repairs within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in order to engineer combat power and establish and sustain combat platforms for USCENTCOM and
Nov. 30, 2018
AFMC capability roadmap key to evolutionary supply chain risk management

A comprehensive, cohesive capability roadmap for supply chain risk management, or SCRM, is the driving force behind the work of a cross-functional team led by the Air Force Materiel Command’s Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration Directorate.
Nov. 13, 2018
LCBP provides enterprise opportunities to lead, learn

It’s a little known program that packs a lot of punch as the premier career broadening program for logistics officers working to keep Air Force platforms ready and lethal for the enterprise fight.
Oct. 3, 2018
Demonstration results in policy update and optimized operations

Thanks to an optimization initiative led by Air Force Operational Energy (SAF/IEN), F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor fighter sorties are now requested to fly closer to the fighters' maximum range airspeed, while still within tanker boom limits, during Coronet missions. The faster speed decreases
Aug. 20, 2018
Success of Air Force logistics begins with Sheppard AFB training mission

Just as logistics is the jawbone to global military operations, Sheppard Air Force Base is the foundation by which the Air Force is able to produce logisticians in a myriad of specialties to ensure aircraft can take to the air, complete their mission and come home.
July 9, 2018
Headquarters merger streamlines logistics, resources for nuclear enterprise system management

In an effort to increase synergy and coordination in support of the Air Force’s nuclear modernization efforts, two Air Force Materiel Command directorates merged to form a single Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration Directorate. The organizational change took effect
July 5, 2018
From nothing to something – Cargo City takes shape

Construction is nearly complete on ‘Cargo City,’ a new operating location for U.S. and coalition forces to conduct aerial port operations in Kuwait. This aerial port will continue to serve as a major-military logistics point, and also functions as the largest aerial port of debarkation in the Middle
May 16, 2018
CENTCOM helps DoD logisticians and engineers “sustain the fight, set the theater"

Logisticians and engineers throughout the Defense Department converged at the U.S. Central Command Forward Headquarters to attend the Joint Logistics Coordination Board conference May 6-10, 2018.
April 3, 2018
AFMC supporting analysis of T-6 unexplained physiological events

Air Force Materiel Command is playing a lead role in analyzing unexplained physiological events with the T-6 Texan II training platform.
Feb. 13, 2018
C-17 crews help realign assets to Afghanistan

A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, located at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, has its belly full of shipping containers and pallets of equipment belonging to the Army’s Bravo Company, 244th Military Intelligence Battalion. The load is moving from Iraq to
Jan. 16, 2018
386th ELRS moves thousands of passengers, cargo

The Air Force is required to move hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo a year in support of military operations around the world. The importance of this mission is clear for the men and women who serve the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron.
Jan. 8, 2018
Iraqi Air Force graduates first craftsman maintenance technicians

The Iraqi Air Force certified their first 7-level craftsman C-130 Hercules maintenance technicians in a ceremony, December 27, 2017.
Jan. 5, 2018
Delivering MRAPs safely downrange

Delivering mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles downrange to U.S. troops is vital to their safety and overall mission success. Logistics Airmen at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing show their commitment to making this happen safely every day.
Dec. 25, 2017
Air Force contributes to joint special operations mission

The original Sparta was a warrior society in ancient Greece and Spartan culture was centered on loyalty to military service. Located at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, such a place still exists.
Nov. 17, 2017
Wilson to logistics Airmen: ‘Failing at logistics can bring down the mighty’

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson spoke about how logistics acquisitions contribute to the success of the Air Force at the 2017 Logistics Officers Association Symposium in Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2017.
Sept. 25, 2017
Dobbins ARB serves as important hub for hurricane relief efforts

The flightline resembled a truck stop gas station this week as semitrucks were lined up in several rows behind the Transportation Proficiency Center, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Sept. 21, 2017. Trucks carried cargo vital to the relief efforts currently underway in countries lying in the destructive
Sept. 18, 2017
AFMC commander: Agility, innovation to fuel future of AF logistics

The future of Air Force logistics will find Airmen tapping into a secure digital network of archived additive manufacturing specifications, allowing for the 3D-printed creation of a weapons system component whenever and wherever needed.This agile manufacturing approach is just one way Air Force
Sept. 15, 2017
A base in a box: 86th MMS keeps AF ready for action

Somewhere in the Luxembourg countryside, armed guards keep watch over a compound of non-descript warehouses and storage containers. Each warehouse in the facility holds a different surprise, but those coming in will find most of these treasures hidden under lock and key.Stacks of metal boxes tower
Sept. 14, 2017
JET/IA Airmen connect blue line back to AF

The 387th Air Expeditionary Squadron is a small unit. With about 10 assigned staff, and 20 quick-response aerial port Airmen, they have a small footprint. Their reach, however, is far more expansive than meets the eye. They have the responsibility of providing all levels of administrative support to
April 25, 2017
Molding yesterday’s trainees into tomorrow’s Airmen

For Staff Sgt. Jessica Fairchild, a former MTI at JB San Antonio-Lackland, those long hours were worth it.Six years into her career, Fairchild applied to be an MTI. She had dreams to be a teacher and chose to focus that drive into shaping the next generation of Airmen.
Aug. 26, 2016
AF readiness for global combat power

The 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron logistics planners, a shop of 14 Airmen, coordinate and direct personnel and cargo from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. They control and direct everything having to do with the process of deployments and exercises in order to support operations around the globe.
April 28, 2016
Airmen back up AF units with emergency materiel reserves

Since the 49th Materiel Maintenance Support Squadron's Operating Location Alpha moved from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, in 2015, traffic management Airmen have been loading excess materiel for bases in need.
Feb. 11, 2016
New leadership for AF Acquisitions, Logistics

Today, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James announced that Darlene Costello, a senior acquisition official in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), is assuming the duties of the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for
Dec. 28, 2015
Guardsmen use logistics skills to relieve toy donation stockpile

Eight Airmen from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 111th Logistics Readiness Squadron used brain, brawn and a little military training to overhaul a congested Toys for Tots warehouse in Glenside, Pennsylvania, a few days before Christmas.
June 17, 2015
Elmendorf fuels flight named best in AF

The Air Force recently recognized the 673rd Logistics Readiness Squadron's Fuels Management Flight as the best in the Air Force after being named the winner of the 2014 American Petroleum Institute Award.
June 1, 2015
Maintaining the vehicles that move the mission

Imagine unloading 60,000 pounds of cargo by hand. Aircraft missions, personnel movements and supply distributions would come to a screeching halt. The time and resources necessary to accomplish such a task would be detrimental to the mission.
May 15, 2015
Behind the scenes: Yokota supports Nepal

Members of Yokota Air Base, serving at the primary airlift hub in the Pacific region, often deploy to provide humanitarian aid to countries stricken by natural disasters. In recent years alone, the 374 Airlift Wing has deployed to support regional countries such as Japan after the Tohoku earthquake
April 30, 2014
Enlisted members interested in attaché duty must apply by June 2

Active duty staff through senior master sergeants interested in attaché duty can apply for assignment opportunities with international affairs teams around the world, but those interested must submit their applications by June 2 to be considered, Air Force officials announced April 30.
Sept. 30, 2013
Air Force announces support squadron commander candidates

More than 750 officers from 13 career fields were selected by development teams as 2014 support, logistics and air base commander candidates, Air Force officials announced Sept. 27.