All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

Master Sgt. Mark Edwards (left) evaluates Senior Airman Steven Nicklas (second from left), boom operators from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, while he directs the driver of an 25K-Loader as part of his cargo checkride Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Senior Airman Steven Nicklas (right) and Staff Sgt. Manoel Robinson, boom operators from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, refer to a cargo-loading checklist on Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Aircrew from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron and aerial porters from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron work together to load cargo onto a KC-135R Stratotanker Aug. 1, 2017 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Staff Sgt. Manoel Robinson (2nd from left), boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, works with aerial porters from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron offloading cargo as part of his cargo checkride Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Master Sgt. Randy Cornish (right), an aerial port trainer from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, coordinates with aerial porters Airman 1st Class Nangoh Esemoto (left) and Master Sgt. Tim Dickens during cargo-loading procedures on a KC-135R Stratotanker at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Aug. 1, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Aircrew members from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron install door-frame cargo rollers on a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft while aerial porters from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron observe at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Aug. 1, 2017. Certain aircrew members are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Senior Airman Patrick Oberlin, boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, works with aircrew members to offload cargo from a KC-135R Stratotanker on Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Aircrew from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron and aerial porters from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron work together to load cargo onto a KC-135R Stratotanker on Aug. 1, 2017 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Senior Airman Steven Nicklas, boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, instructs crew members while loading cargo onto a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Master Sgt. Randy Cornish, an aerial porter and trainer from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, issues instructions to aerial porters during cargo-loading procedures on a KC-135R Stratotanker at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Aug. 1, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Senior Airman Steven Nicklas (top), boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, directs the driver of an 25K-loader as part of his cargo checkride on Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Master Sgt. Randy Cornish (right), an aerial port trainer from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, coordinates with aerial porters Airman 1st Class Nangoh Esemoto (left) and Master Sgt. Tim Dickens during cargo-loading procedures on a KC-135R Stratotanker at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Aug. 1, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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459th Air Refueling Wing boom operators and aerial porters discuss evaluation procedures for cargo offloading and on-loading on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flight line Aug. 1, The evaluation of cargo movement off of one of the unit’s KC-135R Stratotankers is an annual requirement. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Senior Airman Steven Nicklas (left) and Staff Sgt. Manoel Robinson, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operators, approach 25K-loader to speak with the driver on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flight line Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Senior Airman Steven Nicklas, boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, inspects the safety of cargo as part of his cargo checkride on Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Staff Sgt. Manoel Robinson (center), boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, directs aerial porters from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron as part of his cargo checkride on Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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Staff Sgt. Manoel Robinson, boom operator from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, reads cargo-loading and safety instructions to aerial porters from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron as part of his cargo checkride on Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

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All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe, in place

Published Aug. 14, 2017
By Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight
459th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Master Sgt. Mark Edwards (left) evaluates Senior Airman Steven Nicklas (second from left), boom operators from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, while he directs the driver of an 25K-Loader as part of his cargo checkride Aug. 1, 2017. Boom operators are required to pass an annual cargo-loading and offloading evaluation on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight)

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place

All Secure! Checkrides ensure cargo safe and in place