When Cannon Air Force Base, Home of the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW), needed special military storage lockers for the servicemen's flight gear, they looked to WireCrafters to help design a TA-50 Military Storage Locker.
The gear storage lockers needed to hold not only standard issue uniforms, such as flight suits, but also additional gear like flight helmets and special oxygen masks specific to the 27 SOW. Prior to the installation of the WireCrafters TA-50 military storage lockers, all of this expensive gear was just piled into one large room with little or no organization. Some packs would hang on hooks on the wall, but everyone had full access to anyone else's gear, which was not ideal.
Major Kohut, who oversaw the operation, knew that the current gear storage situation was unacceptable. WireCrafters was consulted on a storage locker design that would help with the storage of all the military gear on site. After taking into consideration the customers' needs, WireCrafters designed a TA-50 Military Storage Locker using its basic gear storage locker design with some additional options to meet the needs of the servicemen of the 27th Special Operations Wing.
Special Requirements
The lockers required two major differences outside of the normal configuration. First, a special compartment was constructed to lock up all of the servicemen's personal belongings while they were out on missions. Second, a compartment was added to the storage locker to hold a briefcase, cell phone, wallet, and other small personal items, as well as an additional shelf that was specifically designed to hold a flight helmet.
The TA-50 Military Storage Lockers were shipped fully assembled, so that the onsite installer only needed to remove the finished lockers from the truck and set them into place. Michigan Storage Products was excited to quote this project because the company has a long history working with WireCrafters. The dealer was on sight when the assembled storage lockers arrived in New Mexico at Cannon AFB. They unloaded the trucks and anchored the lockers to the floor for one of the easiest storage locker installations in the industry.
The 27 SOW has a primary mission to plan and execute specialized and contingency operations using advanced aircraft, tactics, and air refueling techniques to infiltrate, exfiltrate, and resupply special operations forces worldwide and provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and close air support in support of SOF operations.
