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ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- (From left) Staff Sgt. Darryl Jordan and Tech. Sgts. Jerry Trickett and Karen Robinson-Hill stack bicycles to load on pallets Feb. 7. About 20 members of the 69th Aerial Port Squadron loaded more than 16 pallets of school supplies, clothing, toys and tools to be sent to Aschiana School in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of "Opportune Airlift." Cargo is moved through the Defense Transportation System on a space-available basis by air, surface, sea or a combination thereof for the purpose of ongoing relief and development projects. Sergeant Jordan is a 69th APS air transportation journeyman and Sergeants Trickett and Robinson-Hill are air transportation craftsmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- More than 16 pallets containing about 30,000 pounds of computers, school supplies, desks, clothing and bicycles were sent to Aschiana School in Kabul, Iraq, from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron Feb. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

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69th APS Airmen pack up "good will" goods

Published Feb. 18, 2009
By Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle
459th ARW Public Affairs Office

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Members of the 69th Aerial Port Squadron gathered nearly 20 pallets containing more than 40,000 pounds of cargo for transport to help citizens and military people in remote locations in Afghanistan.

Wing members packed and loaded clothing, toys and tools to be sent to Aschiana School in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of an opportune airlift. The Denton Program allows for cargo to be moved through the Defense Transportation System on a space-available basis by air, surface, sea or a combination thereof for the purpose of ongoing relief and development projects.

The transported goods not only help provide basic life necessities, but facilitate opportunities for self sufficiency through education, skills training and jobs.

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