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Air Force Reserve Airmen from the 41st Aerial Port Squadron participate in a ceremony before the Port Dawg Memorial Run in Biloxi, Miss., May 03, 2025. The ceremony is a way to remember and honor the lives of fallen members before they begin the run. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shelby Jessee)

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Students from the Picayune High School's University of Southern Mississippi's GenSea program toured the propeller and engine shop in maintenance section of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron to learn about available careers in the Air Force Reserve, Sept. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

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Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from the Jefferson Davis County High School toured the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's Isochronal Inspection Dock and the 41st Aerial Port Squadron to learn about available careers in the Air Force Reserve, Sept. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

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Members of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron tie down the heavy bundles dropped from the 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules after collection, May 10, 2023 at the Camp Shelby drop zone. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron gather the parachutes from the heavy bundles and the container delivery systems dropped by the 815th Airlift Squadron and the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 May 10, 2023 at the Camp Shelby drop zone. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

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Senior Airman Jadarius Kidd, 41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, pulls the parachute lines into a daisy chain while gathering the parachutes from the heavy bundles and the container delivery systems dropped by the 815th Airlift Squadron and the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 May 10, 2023 at the Camp Shelby drop zone. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Airman Ramsey Moore, 41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, flips a parachute into a tight spiral while gathering the parachutes from the heavy bundles and the container delivery systems dropped by the 815th Airlift Squadron and the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 May 10, 2023 at the Camp Shelby drop zone. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

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Members of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron gather the heavy bundle using a 10K forklift which was dropped from the 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules, May 10, 2023 at the Camp Shelby drop zone. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron gather the container delivery systems dropped by the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, from the V-22 Osprey, May 10, 2023 at the Camp Shelby drop zone. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A heavy bundle drop from the 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules as it was landing in the Camp Shelby drop zone. This heavy bundle was later recovered by members of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron who gathered the bundles dropped May 10, 2023. One job of the 41 APS is to provide CDS and heavy bundles for airdrop training missions. The Port Dawgs then have to collect the parachutes and the bundles to return them to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. to be reused on the next airdrop training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

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