Air Force logisticians are racing to solve parts supportability problems after long-term degradation

By Vanessa Montalbano / March 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
DENVER -- Global supply chains are not as accessible to the Air Force as they once were, following years of changing foreign policy, inflation and the pandemic, service logisticians told Inside Defense . “With COVID, the supply chain globally has completely slowed down,” Lt. Gen. Linda Hurry, deputy commander of Air Force Materiel Command said on the sidelines of the Air and Space Forces Association’s Warfare Symposium here. “The responsiveness, the amount of sources and supply have all diminished and...

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