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  • Port Dawgs partner for pack practice

    Tech. Sgt. Mark Primuth, a port dawg with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, pushes a pallet into the cargo bay of a C-130H Hercules aircraft stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Jan. 6, 2024. Members of the 46th and 32nd Aerial Port Squadron from Dover Air Force Base and Pittsburgh Air

  • Port Dawgs team with March crew to load Patriot Medic cargo

    A 452nd Air Mobility Wing C-17 Globemaster III from March Air Reserve Base, California, is prepped to receive cargo at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2023. The aircraft came to pick up equipment from the Patriot Medic 2023 exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden)

  • 908 AW sustains readiness… with a little help from our friends

    The 908th Airlift Wing’s 25th Aerial Port Squadron recently acquired a high-line dock, which is material handling equipment, from the 76th Aerial Port Squadron assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The high-line dock was initially delivered August 16, 2022, by the

  • Video: 2021 76er Skills Challenge

    The 76th Aerial Port Squadron is back at it with this year’s 76er Skills Challenge 2021 edition, April 30–May 1. The 76er is an annual event held at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, emulating a local version of the Air Force Reserve Command’s Port Dawg Challenge, which is held every two years. The

  • 76th APS wins the 2019 Port Dawg Challenge

    A team of six 910th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen won the 2019 Port Dawg Challenge at the Dobbins Air Reserve Base Transportation Proficiency Center, Georgia. Between April 22-25, 2019, the 76th Aerial Port Squadron competed against 26 other teams from active-duty, guard, reserve and foreign

  • Denton cargo departs Youngstown

    Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Garland and Senior Airman Andrew Albrecht, air transportation specialists assigned to the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, lift cargo onto a pallet during preparation for a Denton Mission here, Dec. 5 2015. The Denton program allows the Air Force to provide transportation of privately

  • Aerial Porters bring home trophy

    U.S. Air Force members from the 76th Aerial Port Squadron pose for photographs for winning the "Top Dawg" award as best overall aerial port squadron at the closing ceremonies during the Port Dawg Challenge at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., June 18, 2015. The Port Dawg Challenge was created to