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  • Air Force Crews, Army Riggers Set Afghanistan Airdrop Record

    03/21/2008 2:17:39 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 212+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Capt. Toni Tones, USAF
    BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, March 21, 2008 – With support from the Army’s 11th Quartermaster Rigger Detachment and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force riggers here, C-130 crews of the Air Force’s 74th Air Expeditionary Squadron set an airdrop record last month. Army Spc. Joshua Black (center), 11th Quartermaster Detachment, connects a static line to an anchor cable on a C-130 while joint airdrop inspectors Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Pierson (left) from the Delaware Air National Guard’s 142nd Airlift Squadron and Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Stan Martinez, 192nd Aerial Squadron, Reno, Nev., inspect the load at Bagram...