“Port Dawgs”: You need it, they move it

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dalton La Fritz, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron air freight ramp services section, directs a K-Loader vehicle with cargo, March 23, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The ramp services section handles the loading and unloading of cargo and equipment pallets from different aircraft. Weekly, they support more than 75 missions where they load and unload more than 650 tons of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)

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“Port Dawgs”: You need it, they move it

Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load fuel bladders onto a C-17 Globemaster, March 23, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. These Airmen from the 8th EAMS air freight ramp services section are responsible for uploading and downloading cargo and providing fleet services ensuring mobile combat agile support anywhere in the area or responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)

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“Port Dawgs”: You need it, they move it

Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load fuel bladders onto a C-17 Globemaster, March 23, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Whether it’s ammo, vehicles, fuel bladders or war readiness materials, if any type of cargo is needed, Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron air freight ramp services section, or “Port Dawgs,” get it loaded so it can be taken where it needs to go. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)

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“Port Dawgs”: You need it, they move it

Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster, March 23, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Whether it’s ammo, vehicles, fuel bladders or war readiness materials, if any type of cargo is needed, Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron air freight ramp services section, or “Port Dawgs”, get it loaded so it can be taken where it needs to go. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)

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“Port Dawgs”: You need it, they move it

Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron air freight ramp services section drain water off of fuel bladders, March 23, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The ramp services section handles the loading and unloading of cargo and equipment pallets from different aircraft. Weekly, they support more than 75 missions where they load and unload more than 650 tons of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)

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“Port Dawgs”: You need it, they move it

Published March 27, 2015
By Senior Airman Kia Atkins
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dalton La Fritz, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron air freight ramp services section, directs a K-Loader vehicle with cargo, March 23, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The ramp services section handles the loading and unloading of cargo and equipment pallets from different aircraft. Weekly, they support more than 75 missions where they load and unload more than 650 tons of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)