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  • Halvorsen Loader

    MissionThe Halvorsen Loader is a rapidly deployable, high-reach mechanized aircraft loader that can transport and lift up to 25,000 pounds of cargo and load it onto military and civilian aircraft.FeaturesThe loader built by JBT AeroTech (formerly FMC Airport Systems) is highly mobile and can

  • History of the Eighteenth Air Force

    Organized on March 28, 1951, at Donaldson AFB, S.C., and assigned to Tactical Air Command, the primary mission of the Eighteenth Air Force (Troop Carrier), was the training of troop carrier crews. Immediately after activation, it began to provide trained troop carrier crews and other personnel for