Port Dawgs assist with humanitarian airlift

YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- During the March Unit Training Assembly, members of the 76th Aerial Port Squadron here palletized cargo for a Denton humanitarian airlift mission.

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Title text: The U.S. State Department Denton Program allows non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations to use military airlift to transport humanitarian cargo.

Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Massie, 76th Aerial Port Squadron Superintendent:

“During the rest of this UTA, we’re going to process the rest of Denton cargo for Mission of Love. The founder of Mission of Love, she’s a local person who takes donations from hospitals and other private donors. We usually do between five and six Denton missions per year. Through Mission of love we usually do three or four of those.”

An Airmen directs another Airmen in raising cargo on a forklift: “Alright, lift it up just a hair.”

Senior Master Sgt. Massie:

“Once it’s approved, being that we’re the closest Air Force base to Charleston, South Carolina, we bring it in here, palletize it, and get it on the airplane for whoever they send to pick it up. Then it goes on to its final destination. This is a great training opportunity for our guys. We don’t have an active cargo mission here at Youngstown, so it gets our guys hands on training and experience driving equipment and doing their jobs. This is an opportunity for them to engage and really just hone their skills.”