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305th Aerial Port Squadron: Moving cargo around the world

Master Sgt. William Ricks, 305th Aerial Port Squadron inbound truck stop supervisor, works at the Transportation Management Office tracking all incoming and outgoing packages Jan. 29. Each bar code he scans enters the original package shipping location and final destination, which ends up in a central tracking system. Sergeant Ricks is currently serving in the Delaware Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Airman Erika Hipwell, 305th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation apprentice, uses a forklift to move cargo onto large pallets Jan. 29. Once cargo is in-processed and scanned into the tracking system at the Transportation Management Office, it is moved by forklift over to the pallet pit to be prepared for shipping. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Airman Erika Hipwell, 305th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation apprentice, builds a cargo pallet at a pallet pit in the 305th APS warehouse Jan. 29. The warehouse features six pallet pits. Two pallets can be built up at each pit before being moved to the outside loading platform where they are eventually moved onto K-loaders. From there, the pallets are loaded onto various cargo planes such as the B-747, C-17, KC-10, C-5, and C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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305th Aerial Port Squadron: Moving cargo around the world

Senior Airman Ryan Ruffini, 305th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation journeyman, attaches two side nets to secure the cargo and pallet during transportation Jan. 29. The pallet pits can be lowered down in order to place netting over the top of pallets that are built up high. The height of each pallet is measured to make sure they meet height limitations of various aircraft configurations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Airman Erika Hipwell, 305th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation apprentice, attaches a cargo strap to side netting in order to secure the top of a pallet Jan. 29. Pallets that aren't very high are secured with a cargo strap, which can hold up to 5,000 pounds. Seventy-five percent of all cargo leaving McGuire goes to Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, before heading to its final destination in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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305th Aerial Port Squadron: Moving cargo around the world

Once cargo pallets leave the 305th Aerial Port Squadron loading platforms, they are loaded onto C-17’s, KC-10's, C-5's and C-130's. In this photo, cargo pallets are being loaded onto a civilian B-747 using a K-loader. The K-loader can hold six pallets, each weighing up to 10,000 pounds, for a total weight of 60,000 pounds. The B-747 can hold 33 pallets on the upper deck and nine on the lower deck. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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305th Aerial Port Squadron: Moving cargo around the world

Published Feb. 3, 2009