ASAB utilizes IHAT mission to increase efficiency
Master Sgt. Kevin Thomas, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Terminal Operations Center duty officer, waits with Senior Master Sgt. Brian Fisher, 386 ELRS Aerial Port superintendent, as the flight crew of a commercial Ilyushin Il-76 review a cargo manifest at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 11, 2019. The U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s Air Mobility Division and Airlift Control Team orchestrate the utilization of commercial international heavyweight air tenders to move theater cargo. The use of IHAT missions provides the USCENTCOM theater an important airlift capability for cargo that cannot be load planned on military aircraft within the next 72 hours. This is the first time in more than two years the capability has been used at ASAB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)