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  • F-22 Raptor Hot Pit refuel at Spangdahlem

    Airmen assigned to the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Airmen the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, conducted a hot-pit refuel of an F-22 Raptor at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Sept. 27, 2022. The aircraft is currently deployed to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, Łask, Poland to increase the

  • 52nd LRS Fuels Management Flight wins API, named best in AF

    The 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron's Fuel Management Flight recently claimed the American Petroleum Institute trophy for their initiatives in 2020, including the creation of the Viper Kit rapid aircraft refueling sled, which led the team to be finalists in the annual Air Force Spark Tank

  • 52nd LRS POL stay mission ready

    The 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels flight, also known as Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants, provides, stores, tests and distributes fuel used at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany, and is essential in the 52nd Fighter Wing’s mission of providing full-spectrum airpower to joint and allied commanders.

  • 100th LRS Vehicle Maintenance drives the mission

    Staff Sgt. Garrison West, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron mission generating vehicle equipment maintenance supervisor, checks the battery box of a semi-truck assigned to the 100th LRS, Jan. 6, 2019, at RAF Mildenhall, England. The vehicle maintenance shop keeps the daily maintenance up-to-date on

  • Female FARP member – Fuels gas and breaks barriers

    Under complete darkness noises coming from every direction whirling around her, she focuses through the haze of her night vision goggles as she pulls more than 760 feet of heavy refueling hoses from one aircraft to another. Her face is full of sweat and her heart pounds, as a CV-22 Osprey hovers as