MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Senior Airman Andrew Cramer directs Senior Airman Baltazar Valdez as he drives a 60,000-ton on/offload vehicle on the flightline here July 20. Cramer is a member of the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron at Elmendorf and Valdez is a member of the 731st Air Mobility Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea. They and four other aerial porters from around the Pacific joined Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, aerial porters to train as a team for the Air Mobility Rodeo 2009, July 19-25. Aerial porters are timed and graded on their ability to operate and on/offload cargo using the 60-tunner and a 10,000-ton forklift. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)

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MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Senior Airman Andrew Cramer, 732nd Air Mobility Squadron at Elmendorf (close) and Staff Sgt. Clifton Robertson, 735th Air Mobility Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, off-load 60,000 tons of cargo from the flightline here during the Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 July 20. The rodeo takes place here July 19-25. Both Airmen are part of the 515th Air Mobility Operatons Wing team from Hickam AFB, which will compete against 22 other aerial port teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)

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MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- (From left to right): Staff Sgt. Travis Wilt, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan; Senior Airman Andrew Cramer, 732nd Air Mobility Squadron at Elmendorf; and Staff Sgt. Dustin Barboza, 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Andersen Air Base, Guam, direct Senior Airman Baltazar Valdez as he drives a 60,000-ton on/offload vehicle on the flightline here July 20. A team of eight aerial porters from around the Pacific teamed up for training at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, before the Air Mobility Rodeo 2009, July 19-25 here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)

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MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- (From left to right): Senior Airman Andrew Cramer, 732nd Air Mobility Squadron at Elmendorf; Staff Sgt. Travis Wilt, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan; and Staff Sgt. Clifton Robertson, 735th Air Mobility Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, off-load 60,000 tons of cargo from the flightline here during the Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 July 20. The rodeo takes place here July 19-25. All three Airmen are part of the 515th Air Mobility Operatons Wing team from Hickam AFB, which will compete against 22 other aerial port teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)

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MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Senior Airman Andrew Cramer, left, directs Senior Airman Baltazar Valdez as he drives a 60,000-ton on/offload vehicle on the flightline here July 20. Cramer is a member of the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron at Elmendorf and Valdez is a member of the 731st Air Mobility Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea. They and four other aerial porters from around the Pacific joined Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, aerial porters to train as a team for the Air Mobility Rodeo 2009, July 19-25. Aerial porters are timed and graded on their ability to operate and on/offload cargo using the 60-tunner and a 10,000-ton forklift. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)

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Arctic Warriors participate in AMC Rodeo

Published July 22, 2009