Jan. 8, 2020
NY Air Guard customizes shipping boxes for 25-foot-long skis
STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Scotia, N.Y. —
Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Good skis are expensive. So it’s always a good idea to protect them when they’re shipped. It’s an even better idea to protect them when the skis are 25 feet long, weigh 3,000 pounds, and are used to land 75,800-pound LC-130 cargo airplanes on ice and snow.