page_title: Antonio J. Ramos
section_title: Return to the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Antonio J. Ramos / Return to the United States
caption_attribution_description: English: With its tremendous payload capability, the large C-5 Galaxy, an outsized-cargo transport, provides the Air Mobility Command intertheater airlift in support of United States national defence. The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world. It can carry outsized cargo intercontinental ranges and can take off or land in relatively short distances. Ground crews can load and off load the C-5 simultaneously at the front and rear cargo openings since the nose and aft doors open the full width and height of the cargo compartment. It can also "kneel down" to facilitate loading directly from truck bed levels. Français&#160;: D'une charge utile énorme, le C-5 Galaxy, un avion de transport militaire porteur de cargaisons hors normes, pourvoit les forces armées américaines d'un pont aérien entre-théâtres. Le C-5 est un des plus grands aéronefs du monde, capable de porter des charges exceptionnelles entre continents et de décoller et atterrir sur des distances relativement courtes. Le personnel au sol peut charger et décharger le C-5 en même temps, grâce aux hayons avant et arrière. Il peut aussi s'agenouiller pour faciliter un chargement direct des camions.
context_page_description: Brigadier General Antonio J. Ramos was an officer of the United States Air Force. He was the first Hispanic to serve as commander, Air Force Security Assistance Center, Air Force Materiel Command, and dual-hatted as Assistant to the Commander for International Affairs, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command.
context_section_description: In December 1972, Ramos returned to the United States upon completing his tour of duty in Vietnam and Thailand. He was assigned to Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma to be attend C-5 Galaxy pilot training. In February 1973 he transferred to the 3rd Military Airlift Squadron, in Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina until August 1973.  He was then transferred to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware where he was a pilot and aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and flight examiner for the 3rd Military Airlift Squadron.  During this time Ramos attained a master's degree in education from Southern Illinois University and attended Squadron Officer School in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
  On July 1978 he became the Wing Flight Examiner for the 436th Military Airlift Wing, at Dover Air Force Base.  After serving for five and a half years at Dover AFB he was transferred to Headquarters Air Mobility Command in Scott Air Force Base on February 1979 to be the Standardization and Evaluation pilot, Chief, Strategic Airlift Manning Section, and Chief, Air Crew Manning Branch.
  After his headquarters assignment Ramos attended the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama from August 1982 until graduating in June 1983.  He then continued on to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma to be the Operations Officer for the 56th Military Airlift Squadron.  On June 1985 Ramos was transferred to Travis Air Force Base, California to take command of the 75th Military Airlift Squadron, where he served as Squadron Commander until July 1987.
  In August 1987, Ramos attended the Inter-American Defense College in Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C..  In July 1988 he would start a series of assignments with emphasis to the Western Hemisphere.  He would become Chief, Caribbean Basin Branch, later, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division (J-5), for the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C..  In August 1991 Ramos was transferred to U.S. Southern Command in Panama as the Director, Strategy, Policy and Plans (J-5). In August 1994, Ramos would return to Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base to be the Inspector General.
  In December 1995, Ramos returned to U.S. Southern Command, Panama as Special Assistant to the Commander in Chief.  In August 1997, Ramos would transfer to Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for his final Air Force assignment as the Commander, Air Force Security Assistance Center and Assistant to the Commander for International Affairs, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command. Brigadier General Ramos retired from the Air Force on August 1, 1999.
caption: C-5 Galaxy
  Type of aircraft flown by Ramos
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