A Day In The Life: APEX

11/13/2012 - Senior Airman Christopher Brandenburgh (right), 8th Expeditionary Aerial Maintenance Squadron aerial port expeditor, and Airman 1st Class Manuel Espino, 8th EAMS ramp services technician, unload a pallet off a C-17 Globemaster III onto a K-loader Nov. 6, 2012. The aerial port expeditor program, known as APEX, provides aircrew members with more crew rest time and the ability to focus on missions. Because of this extra time off for the aircrew, the 8th EAMS APEX program has facilitated an average of two and half more missions each month across the area of responsibility. Brandenburgh is deployed from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and is a native of Dunedin, Fla. Espino is deployed from Charleston AFB, S.C and is a native of Plainfield, Ind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bryan Swink)