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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Members of the 76th Aerial Port Squadron prepare to load an airdrop training pallet into a C-130H Hercules aircraft stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Members of the 76th Aerial Port Squadron secure a heavy drop load pallet to a forklift mast during a training exercise, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Master Sgt. Ryan Rathburn, a cargo processing representative with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, prepares a parachute using line separation during a training exercise, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Senior Airman Ashmita Samal (left), a passenger operations representative, and Tech. Sgt. Keith Lenkner (right), a ramp operations representative, both with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, discuss how to keep forkers even with the rollers during a training exercise at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Senior Airman Marlene Ford (left), an air transportation helper with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, is loading an airdrop training pallet into a C-130H Hercules aircraft guided by Senior Airman Jered Shaffer (right), a loadmaster with the 757th Airlift Squadron, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Senior Airman Logan Manej (left), a ramp operations representative and Senior Airman Ashmita Samal (right), a passenger operations representative, both with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, work on ground guiding during a training exercise at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Senior Airman Logan Manej (left), a ramp operations representative, and Senior Airman Ashmita Samal (right), a passenger operations representative, both with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, discuss forklift operations during a training exercise at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Airman Marlene Ford, an air transportation helper with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, drives a standard 10K forklift during a training exercise at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)

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Cargo loading for combat-readiness

Published Oct. 7, 2024
By Master Sgt. Juliet Louden
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- Members of the 76th Aerial Port Squadron prepare to load an airdrop training pallet onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024. The 76th APS enables cargo and passenger throughput in support of worldwide Department of Defense wartime, peacetime and humanitarian airlift requirements and provides direct airlift support for other deploying personnel, equipment and vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juliet Louden)