SOUTHWEST ASIA – Airman 1st Class Genny Martin, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, unloads baggage from a plane that just landed Feb. 27. A full download with several hundred passengers takes aa little more than three hours. Martin is deployed from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)

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Night on the Job: Baggage Detail

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Staff Sgt. Zachary Folk (right) supervises while Airman 1st Class Daniel Hodge (center) directs luggage unloaded off the aircraft to the volunteer baggage detail Feb. 27. Both Airmen are assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron. After the plane downloads passengers and baggage, the 8th EAMS team assists loading all outbound passengers. In the past year the air terminal processed more than 90,000 passengers on more than 10,250 missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease

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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Airman 1st Class Genny Martin, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, unloads baggage from a plane that just landed Feb. 27. When the aircraft arrives, the air terminal team has personnel standing by to operate baggage conveyors, staircase trucks and buses. In the past year, 8th EAMS Air Terminal moved more than 3,500 tons of baggage. Martin is deployed from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Airman 1st Class Daniel Hodge, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, directs luggage to a team of volunteers, who recently arrived at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Feb. 27. Because of the large amount of luggage and passengers, 8th EAMS Airmen safely but quickly download all luggage, so service members can get through host nation immigrations in a timely manner. The squadron strives to provide first-class customer service for all passengers from the youngest service member on his or her first deployment to distinguished visitors, who visit the 379th AEW. Hodge is deployed from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA – Volunteer baggage detail along with 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron Airmen, load luggage to be delivered to service members waiting at host nation immigrations Feb. 27. For luggage going back stateside 8th EAMS Airmen also perform Transportation Security Administration passenger and baggage screening to the same standard as commercial airports in the United States. The squadron processed more than 3,500 tons of baggage in the past year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joel Mease)

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Night on the Job: Baggage Detail

Published March 1, 2013