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Brian McDonald, Air Transport International senior loadmaster, watches a pallet being loaded Sept. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The ATI Boeing 757-200 aircraft was contracted to transport cargo and 30 Team Dover personnel to Fairchild AFB, Wash., participating in Mobility Guardian 2019. “Air Mobility Command’s commercial airlift partners are a vital part of our daily airlift missions around the world as well as our wartime effort,” said Maj. Adam Crane, AMC Headquarters CRAF Branch Chief, Scott AFB, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Members of 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services section push a pallet into its position in the main cargo deck of an Air Transport International Boeing 757-200 aircraft Sept. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The ATI aircraft, part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, was contracted to transport cargo and 30 Team Dover members to Fairchild AFB, Wash., participating in Mobility Guardian 2019. “We welcome the inclusion of one of our CRAF partners in MG19 as it marks the first time Air Mobility Command has exercised a commercial airlift component of our wartime plan,” said Maj. Adam Crane, AMC Headquarters CRAF Branch Chief, Scott AFB, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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A K-loader with five pallets waits to be marshalled into position by 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services personnel Sept. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Air Transport International Boeing 757-200 aircraft, part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, was contracted to transport cargo pallets and 30 Team Dover members to Fairchild AFB, Wash., participating in Mobility Guardian 2019. “In support of exercise Mobility Guardian 2019, Air Mobility Command contracted commercial aircraft to simulate activating CRAF marking the first time, in a long time, AMC has exercised a commercial component of its wartime plan,” said Maj. Adam Crane, AMC Headquarters CRAF Branch Chief, Scott AFB, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

Senior Airman Octavious Tookes, 436th Aerial Port Squadron fleet service specialist, uses a magnetic lift to remove a sewer cover Feb. 8, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Tookes showed members of Air Mobility Command’s “Aerial Port of the Future” study team from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., how the lift is used to remove the cover prior to an aircraft lavatory service truck emptying its holding tank back in the APS compound. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

A team of scientists and Senior Executive Service officials from Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., observe daily aerial port-wide operations and procedures of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, Feb. 7, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The two-day study called “Aerial Port of the Future” included live demonstrations of the Cargo Terminal, Cargo Yard, Passenger Terminal, Fleet Building and cargo loading/off-loading on the flight line. Dover’s Super Port has been chosen by AMC to be used as a model for all other aerial ports in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

Dr. Donna Senft, Air Mobility Command chief scientist, left, and Sara Keller, AMC Logistics, Engineering, Force Protection deputy director, both assigned to Scott Air Force Base, Ill., listen to Jim Ewing, 436th Aerial Port Squadron operations manager, explain pallet build up and processing of oversized cargo by aerial port personnel Feb. 7, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Senft and Keller were part of AMC’s “Aerial Port of the Future” study team that observed practices and procedures used by Super Port personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

Airman 1st Class Taysean Knight, 436th Aerial Port Squadron cargo handler, attaches a 25,000 pound capacity cargo chain to the floor of a C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 8, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Members of Air Mobility Command’s “Aerial Port of the Future” study team from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., observed Knight and other members of the Super Port demonstrate how ramp services personnel secure a forklift onboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

Airman 1st Class Taysean Knight, cargo handler, and Master Sgt. Arnold Ogle, ramp supervisor, both assigned to the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, lift up on a cargo strap to demonstrate the procedure used to move a stuck pallet on a C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 8, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Staff Sgt. Russell Basile, 436th APS aerial port expediter, explains this procedure to members of Air Mobility Command’s “Aerial Port of the Future” study team from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The Super Port was chosen as a model for future aerial ports. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

Sara Keller, Logistics, Engineering, Force Protection deputy director, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., looks at the forward lavatory servicing connection of a C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 8, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wearing protective gear, Airman 1st Class Benjamin Harper, 436th Aerial Port Squadron fleet service specialist, demonstrated for Keller how the lavatory service truck provides waste removal and servicing to C-5Ms, as well as other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

First Lt. Sylvester Fernandez de Castro, 436th Aerial Port Squadron flight commander of the Passenger Service Flight and Fleet Flight, along with fleet service personnel demonstrate the use of the baggage conveyor to load bags containing blankets, pillows and supplies onto a C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 8, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Members of Air Mobility Command’s “Aerial Port of the Future” study team from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., observed the loading of the bags through the “7 Left” troop door that are loaded when carrying passengers in the troop compartment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

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AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

Mr. William Adams, a scientist with the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Washington, D.C., takes notes on the inbound freight processing procedures used by the 436th Aerial Port Squadron truck dock personnel Feb. 7, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Williams was part of an Air Mobility Command military and civilian study team that observed many facets of the Super Port during their four-day visit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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