Maintenance: The Heart Beat of the Logistics

06/01/2011
06/02/2011 - Marines with Motor Transportation Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), repair uparmored vehicles for units supporting International Security Assistance Forces Operations throughout Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Credit : 2nd Marine Logistics Group: 4/19/11

General Deptula on the Challenges to US Air Superiority

10/08/2010
10/08/2010 - The recently retired USAF chief intelligence officer recently warned of the impending loss of US air superiority. In a presentation to the recently completed Air Force Association annual conference, the General outlined how he viewed the various challenges to US air superiority and how these challenges interacted to…

C-17 Air Drop Mission

10/04/2010
U.S. Air Force crew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron preparing a C-17 Globemaster III for an air drop mission Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central Public Affairs, September 20th, 2010 10/04/2010 - US Air Force transport aircraft dropped 3,800 container delivery system supply bundles in August to troops at remote…

TRANSCOM on Meeting the Challenge in Afghanistan

07/15/2010
During our visit to Transcom in March 2010, General McNabb provided a detailed overview on the challenges in supporting the deployed warfighter in Afghanistan, including supporting the surge ordered by the President.  Although the General did not put it this way, it was apparent that the con-ops approach of Transcom…

This Year’s 14th of July On The Champs-Elysées: “Brothers In Arms” With Africa

07/15/2010
Celebrating "Blood Ties" By Murielle Delaporte [email protected] The SLD team was there early to capture the moments before the parade officially started: this video gives a sense of the ambiance surrounding the last preparation before marching from the Arc de Triomphe towards the Concorde. Elements of the joint forces in…

Combat Controllers Haiti

03/01/2010
Credit: 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 25 January 2010 Combat Controllers from the Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida, conducting air traffic control operations in and out of Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport from their makeshift control center on the airfield. Combat Controllers were one of the first…