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  • Staff Sgt. Jim Cagle, air terminal operations center controller in the 41st Aerial Port Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., poses for a photo in front of a forklift at Keesler Feb. 8, 2020. Prior to his five years with the 403rd Wing, Cagle served as a weapons system officer and fighter pilot in the Louisiana Air National Guard from 1980 to 1993. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen Pittman)

    Prior fighter pilot, now Port Dawg

    Staff Sgt. Jim Cagle is not your typical E-5 for a number of reasons. At 6 feet 2 inches tall, he literally stands out, but that is not it. With four stripes on his sleeve, less gray hairs and facial lines (though to be pushing 60 it could be worse) are expected, but that is not it either. When he is not at Unit Training Assembly skillfully maneuvering a plus-sized forklift for the 41st Aerial Port Squadron, he’s handling a much larger piece of machinery in the skies as a captain for American Airlines, but that is not it either. On his Facebook page are videos of him banging on the ivories and crooning along, but even that is still not what makes him so atypical.
  • Airmen from the 433rd Medical Group perform a litter carry from a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the Texas Army National Guard, during a training exercise at Martindale Army Airfield, San Antonio, TX, Feb 1, 2019.

    Operation Dust Storm

    Operation Dust Storm blew into Martindale Army Air Field, Texas, Feb. 1, mixing together Reservists, active duty Airmen, Soldiers and local doctors to accomplish a complex medical and air delivery mission. The 433rd Airlift Wing’s aerial porters, defenders, and medical personnel joined the 502nd Air Base Wing defenders for the training. The helicopters were supplied by the Texas Army National Guard. The doctors were from the San Antonio Military Medical Center. This total-force training exercise was designed to provide real-life training to all parties.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeants Hui Jin Kim and Nathaniel Petraitis, members of the Air Force Reserve’s 48th Aerial Port Squadron, remove a cargo net from a pallet during a training exercise designed to perfect their pallet building skills as air transportation specialists Oct. 13, 2018, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The 48th APS, which is part of the 624th Regional Support Group, deploys qualified personnel to provide air terminal operations worldwide in support of contingency operations, exercises, unit moves, and foreign humanitarian relief or disaster operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne Herrmann)

    Who’s up for a challenge? Hawaii ‘Port Dawgs’ are …

    Computer based training has its place, but how do we motivate Airmen to become the best at their craft? Stepping away from the office for hands-on training with their fellow “Port Dawg” tends to do the trick.
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