WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Members of the 445th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 445th Maintenance Squadron participated in pallet building training at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2024. Before any aircraft can take flight, each person and every piece of cargo must be carefully calculated to ensure appropriate weight distribution. Not only is this important for optimum fuel burn, it’s paramount to safety. An unbalanced aircraft with too much weight in the tail end, for example, may drag the ground on the runway.