The Air Load Team is responsible for the safe and timely loading and unloading of cargo from Australian and Coalition aircraft in locations throughout the Operation Slipper area of operations.
Operation SLIPPER is Australia's military contribution to coalition efforts against international terrorism. Under this operation our forces contribute to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, aimed at preventing Afghanistan again becoming a safe haven for international terrorists, and the United States-led International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT) efforts in the broader Middle East.
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Watson, Aide d' Comp to Major General Mark Kelly, disembarks an Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules on arrival in Tarin Kowt.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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Leading Aircraftwoman, Tenae Barker, a member of the Air Load Team (ALT) in Tarin Kowt, assists with the placement of a pallet which has been unloaded from a coalition aircraft.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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Leading Aircraftwoman (LACW) Tenae Barker, a member of the Air Load Team (ALT) in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, protects herself from the ever present dust which accompanies the life on the flight line.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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Corporal Jason Cameron, a member of the Air Load Team (ALT) in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, waits in his forklift to be called in to unload a United States Air Force C-130 Hercules.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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Australian Air Load Team in Tarin Kowt working with a civilian cargo aircraft delivering stores for the Dutch forces based in location.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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Leading Aircraftwoman (LACW) Tenae Barker, a member of the Air Load Team (ALT) in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, guides the forklift driver as a pallet is loaded onto the tray back of a UNIMOG.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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The reflection inside a forklift reveals the driver being guided by another member of the Australian Air Force Air Load Team (ALT) as they carefully load a pallet onto a civilian cargo aircraft in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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A fully laden Australian UNIMOG with supplies offloaded from a civilan cargo aircraft in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The Australian Air Load Team (ALT) services not only Australian aircraft, but also coalition and civilian organisations.
(Date taken: 06 August 2009)
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Sergeant Reynolds, the senior Air Load Team (ALT) member in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, prepares to move away from the flight line as an Australian C-17 Globemaster closes it's cargo ramp prior to take-off.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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A forklift waits to be called in to the cargo ramp of an Australian C-17 Globemaster in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The shadow of the C-17's tail dwarfs the forklift and gives a sense of the size of the heavy lift aircraft.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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The Loadmaster in the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster and an Air Load Team (ALT) member work together to guide the forklift driver loading a pallet onto the cargo ramp.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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A forklift moves under the enormous fuselage of an Australian C-17 Globemaster to deliver another pallet of cargo, bound for another location in the Middle East Area of Operations.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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A C-17 Globemaster Loadmaster and Air Load Team (ALT) senior member discuss cargo requirements on the ground in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Air Load Team (ALT) forklift driver Leading Aircraftwoman Tenae Barker, waits for the cargo ramp of a Australian C-17 Globemaster to be lowered before picking up a pallet of stores loading.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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The first of three Australian Bushmasters is driven out of the cargo bay on an Australian C-17 Globemaster in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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The first of three Australian Bushmasters waits on the flight line behind an Australian C-17 Globemaster in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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An Air Load Team (ALT) member waits with a UNIMOG for passengers to be embarked on an Australian C-17 Globemaster in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Air Load Team (ALT) operators load a pallet onto a UNIMOG in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. High in the background, an Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster makes its final approach into the airfield.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers wait near a Russian made Mi-8 HIP transport helicopter at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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An Australian C-17 Globemaster leaves a cloud of dust in its wake as it lands in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. In the background, the rugged mountains are testament to environment in which Australian forces are working.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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An Australian C-17 Globemaster looms large over a Russian made Mi-8 HIP helicopter on the dusty parking apron at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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An Australian C-17 Globemaster looms large over a Russian made Mi-8 HIP helicopter on the dusty parking apron at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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The Loadmaster in the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster and an Air Load Team (ALT) member work together to guide the forklift driver loading a pallet onto the cargo ramp.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Air Load Team (ALT) forklift driver, Leading Aircraftwoman Tenae Barker, waits with a load to be given the all clear to approach an aircraft on the dusty parking apron in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Dust begins to settle as an Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster waits to be given the all clear to take-off at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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An explosion of dust is left in the wake of an Australian C-17 Globemaster as it lifts off from Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Corporal Jessica Haynes secures a load on the back of a UNIMOG at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. Jessica is from 10 Force Support Battalion in Townsville.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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Corporal Jessica Haynes secures a load of stores that has just been delivered by an Australian C-17 Globemaster, on the back of a UNIMOG in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 07 August 2009)
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