Airmen deployed to Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, helped deliver humanitarian supplies to Kyrgyz citizens last week. A C-17 airlifted some 22,000 pounds of tents, blankets, stoves, heaters, gloves, and more from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Manas, where about 25 airmen volunteered to load them onto trucks to be taken to a warehouse for distribution.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.