Special Features:

Cid a-a-59196, which superceeds mil-t-87999, applies to this item; commercial item description is truck, aircraft servicin (ast) , 3 ton high lift, for loading c-5 aircraft upper deck

Properties:

A truck with an adjustable platform body equipped with free moving rollers, specifically designed to facilitate the loading and unloading of palletized cargo and transporting same between air terminal storage areas and high and low floor cargo aircraft and vice versa. May be equipped with powered conveyor and/or winch(es) for aiding in the loading and unloading of the cargo. For trucks designed to transport general material and/or equipment, see truck, cargo; and truck, flatbed.