Flt Lt Capps was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 2001 as a logistics officer and worked on a variety of Royal Air Force stations, the MoD said.

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Offensive operations will still rely upon outside support for air power, intelligence and logistics.

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Among its offerings: thermal imaging devices, combat display workstations, air combat training systems and logistics support services.

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There are obviously a number of complicated logistics involved with moving Air Force One, moving a plane of reporters, events, local stops, phone calls involved.

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"When you start dealing with a senior bunch of scientists trained in conventional physics and they see a young upstart with a miracle material, most say 'no, ' and they say it rather vehemently, " says James Collis , who evaluates technology for the logistics division of the Naval Air Systems Command and who has closely followed Branagan's work.

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The air force is also vital to UPS' fastest- growing division, logistics, up 70% in revenue in the last two years.

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The U.S. Air Force is using a Plumtree portal to help plan military command and manage aircraft maintenance logistics around the world, including in Afghanistan.

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Another example is Logistics.com, which auctions transport contracts of all kinds, from trucking to air and sea.

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Mike Anderson. ( 102K AIFF sound or 102K WAV sound) A small advance party planning logistics for the mission already is in place, doing "considerable work" at Hungary's Taszar Air Base, said Capt.

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