By | July 25, 2012
Senior Airman Kyle Greer, 437th Aerial Port Squadron journeyman, checks the oil on a 60K Tunner loader, July 17, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The 437th APS provides out-load support for the nation’s premier rapid deployment forces: XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, Joint Special Operations Command and 43rd Airlift Wing. The squadron is prepared to meet short-notice, worldwide mobility taskings in support of national objectives, and plans and executes support for more than 50 percent of all joint airborne and air transportability training missions flown by Air Mobility Command/Reserve forces in support of Joint Operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Chacarra Walker)
Airman 1st Class Tashanna Holt directs Senior Airman Kyle Greer, both 437th Aerial Port Squadron journeymen, July 17, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The 60K-loader or Tunner, is named after Gen. William Tunner, who directed the Burma Hump, Korean and Berlin airlifts. The Tunner was engineered from the ground up as an entirely new system for loading and unloading aircraft and transporting loads. It has a loading capacity of 60,000 pounds and can hold up to six 463L pallets, which are used for transporting military air cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Chacarra Walker)
Senior Airman Chase Wood, 437th Aerial Port Squadron journeyman takes down the maintenance stand on a 60K Tunner loader, July 17, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The 437th APS provides out-load support for the nation’s premier rapid deployment forces: XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, Joint Special Operations Command and 43rd Airlift Wing. The squadron is prepared to meet short-notice, worldwide mobility taskings in support of national objectives, and plans and executes support for more than 50 percent of all joint airborne/air transportability training missions flown by Air Mobility Command/Reserve forces in support of Joint Operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Chacarra Walker)