Debbie Long

Debbie Long serves as a Contract Specialist at U.S. Transportation Command (USTransCom), where she plays a pivotal role in executing the agency’s global mobility mission through the acquisition of critical air transportation services. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts supporting expeditionary logistics, including the chartered movement of personnel and equipment across air, sea, and land domains. Her acquisitions are central to sustaining rapid deployment capabilities and ensuring theater access for military operations worldwide, with a primary focus on nonscheduled air charter services that enable responsive, mission-critical mobility. Debbie maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced aviation contractors, including UNCOMN LLC, PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., RAMPART AVIATION, LLC, FANCIULLI EGISTO S.R.L., and MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC. These partnerships are built on proven capabilities in military-grade air charter operations, aircraft maintenance compliance, and global operational readiness. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory adherence, and performance-based service delivery, fostering long-term vendor collaborations grounded in mission alignment and operational trust. Debbie’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects USTransCom’s operational imperative to prioritize mission-critical capacity and proven global capability over socioeconomic targeting, ensuring uninterrupted access to specialized aviation assets under dynamic deployment conditions. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 481211—Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation—where she specializes in acquiring on-demand, non-scheduled air services tailored to military requirements. This includes aircraft chartering for troop transport, medical evacuation, cargo movement, and contingency support, requiring deep technical understanding of aviation regulations, operational tempo constraints, and international flight clearances. Debbie’s expertise lies in ensuring contract terms align with DoD mobility standards and expeditionary logistics frameworks.