Aerial porters: moving cargo for the warfighter

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are just a few of the cargo items the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight downloads from aircraft everyday. Typically, the porters move 446 tons of cargo daily. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Nancy Hooks/Released)

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Aerial porters: moving cargo for the warfighter

Master Sgt. Stanley Bembo and Senior Airman Jason Jackson confirm cargo being offloaded from a C-17 on April 8 . (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nancy Hooks/Released)

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Senior Airman Shawn Mora, 451st Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron air transportation, guides Airman 1st Class Heather Buhring operating a 10K AT Forklift April 8 on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Mora and Airman Buhring are stationed from Charleston AFB, SC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nancy Hooks/Released)

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Aerial porters: moving cargo for the warfighter

Published May 4, 2010
By Tech. Sgt. Renni Thornton
451st Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan -- Members of the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight on Kandahar Airfield move everything from Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles to explosive cargo.

"We have a phenomenal Aerial Port team. They move it all; up-armored vehicles, sustainment supplies, ammunition and medical cargo and passengers. They move anything that needs to get to the warfighter and they do it better than any team I've ever seen," said Senior Master Sgt. Edward Swinson, superintendent, Aerial Port Flight.