Maintainers and flight crew of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska conduct a pre-flight inspection March 12, 2018, as part of the Joint Force Land Component Command in support of exercise Arctic Edge 2018. DLA strategic contracting capabilities offer the Army the ability to combine support for new spare blades and repairable blades for the Chinook on one DLA contract.