Inaugural Payload Transporter Replacement mission modernizes nuclear transportation and security
U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Jeffrey Essers and Jose Ruiz, 341st Maintenance Group missile maintenance team quality assurance topside evaluators, pose for a photo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, April 13, 2026. Essers and Ruiz were the first in the USAF to be qualified on operating and maintaining the new Payload Transporter Replacement, which provides maintainers with advanced capabilities that streamline operations and a safer vehicle for mission-critical transports. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Rodriguez Escamilla)
PHOTO BY:
Senior Airman Jack Rodriguez Escamilla
VIRIN:
260413-F-QS635-1057.JPG
FULL SIZE:
2.87 MB
CAMERA
NIKON Z6_3
LENS
NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
APERTURE
95/100
SHUTTERSPEED
1/2000
ISO
125
No camera details available.
IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN
Read More
This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release.
If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit.
Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other
DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at
https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations,
which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and
trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings
regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.