{"id":5852,"date":"2023-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2023-04-19T06:47:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T06:47:20","slug":"eglins-joint-c-5m-aircraft-load-exercise-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=5852","title":{"rendered":"Eglin\u2019s joint C-5M aircraft load exercise wraps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The <\/strong><\/span>436th Airlift Wing<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, based out of Dover A<\/span>ir Force Base, Delaware, and the 96th Test Wing<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>from Eglin <\/span>AFB conducted unique training exercise recently where a 436th AW C-5M Super Galaxy<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> flew <\/span>to Eglin so base units could process and load their support vehicles onto the largest aircraft in the Air Force\u2019s inventory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The vehicles, including the base\u2019s new P-23 firetruck, a <\/strong><\/span>Humvee<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, a front-end loader, an ambulance and more, were weighed and measured by Eglin\u2019s 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial porters<\/span> and then positioned and readied for load and mock transfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Once the aircraft arrived and opened for loading, the vehicles and their drivers lined up for their turn to drive <\/span>onto the C-5 through its gaping maw.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The C-5 can be loaded from the front or back of the aircraft<\/span> and can have a cargo load of 281,000 pounds, can fly 2,150 nautical miles, offload, and fly to a second base 500 nautical miles away from the original destination \u2014 all without aerial refueling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a rare opportunity for Eglin Airmen to practice generating load plans and securing vehicles on the aircraft,\u201d said Tech. Sgt. John Gordon, 96th LRS air operations NCO-in-charge, who helped coordinate the Eglin portion of the training operation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was also a chance for firefighters, medics, fuels and the aerial porters to drive their primary vehicles onto an aircraft, many of them for the first time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt was my first time loading a vehicle on to an aircraft, let alone the biggest aircraft, so there were some nerves, but good nerves,\u201d said Airman Philip Nazario, a new 96th LRS <\/span>aerial porter. \u201cI just focused on the spotter, did one thing at a time and tried not make mistakes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The C-5M Super Galaxy is a strategic transport aircraft and is the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory. Its primary mission is to transport cargo and personnel for the Department of Defense..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When loading began, the <\/span>9th Airlift Squadron<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u2019s loadmasters took charge. They validated the order and location of the vehicles and marshalled them up and inside the aircraft.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe C-5 is designed for out-sized <\/span>cargo and we aren’t always utilized in this way, so to be able to train to and for that was a big win for us,\u201d said Master Sgt. Monty West, 9th AS C-5M evaluator loadmaster. \u201cHeavier weights and axels, like on the firetruck, was a great teaching opportunity for aircraft limitations since you can’t just park it anywhere.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For the 9th AS\u2019s loadmaster, Airman Wyatt Nagelkirk, this cargo load was his first.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe goal was to show him the basics of a cargo load and sequence of events that take place from the Dover take off, cargo upload\/download and move on,\u201d West<\/span> said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Although Nagelkirk was there to shadow and observe, he led the marshalling and parking of the ambulance into the C-5.\u00a0 It was a glimpse of what he will oversee during his career, according to West.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the opportunity for this training mission began, the Air Force invited the Army\u2019s <\/span>7th Special Forces Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> to participate. Soldiers brought two light tactical vehicles <\/span>similar to Humvees and trained in the loading and vehicle-tie-down process with the Airmen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When each new vehicle was parked, loadmasters, <\/span>aerial porters and Soldiers all pitched in to chain down and secure them to the floor of the C-5. Each different military specialty took turns to listen, learn and participate in the hands-on training.\u00a0 The aerial porters also completed some chemical-biological training with two Airmen securing a vehicle while dressed in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, or <\/span>CBRNE, protective gear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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More than 30 Airmen and Soldiers loaded, secured and <\/span>then unloaded six vehicles weighing more than 150,000 pounds in just a few hours, helping to further the Air Force\u2019s commitment to training Multi-Capable Airman who are faster, smarter and ready for the future fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — \u00a0 The 436th Airlift Wing, based out of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and the 96th Test Wing from Eglin AFB conducted unique training exercise recently where a 436th AW C-5M Super Galaxy flew to Eglin so base units could process and load their support vehicles onto the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5855,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5852\/revisions\/5855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}