C-17 loadmaster students learn from masters of the craft
Howard Thagard, a loadmaster instructor with the C-17 Globemaster III aircrew training system instructs loadmaster students Airmen 1st Class Kelsey Gainer (left) and Jessica McLeroy in an $18 million cargo compartment trainer at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Inside the simulated C-17 cargo compartment students get to try their hand at a variety of loads, to include pallets, vehicles, helicopters, heavy equipment and aeromedical set-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hannen)