Air Cargo Carriers
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Air Cargo Carriers is a cargo airline
Cargo airline
Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...

 based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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, USA
United States
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. It was established in 1986 and operates contract feeder cargo services for UPS
United Parcel Service
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 and DHL
DHL
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. Air Cargo Carriers, Inc. is the largest civilian operator of Shorts aircraft
Short Brothers
Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company, usually referred to simply as Shorts, that is now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1908, Shorts was the first company in the world to make production aircraft and was a manufacturer of flying boats during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s...

 in the world. Its main base of operations is General Mitchell International Airport
General Mitchell International Airport
General Mitchell International Airport is a county-owned public airport located five miles south of the central business district of Milwaukee, a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States....

, Milwaukee.

ACC also has Supplemental Type Certificates (STC's). Air Cargo has developed or purchased STC's that allow for the conversion of the aircraft from passenger to cargo configurations and for unique modifications to the Short SD3-30 and SD3-60 aircraft that improve their value and effectiveness as cargo aircraft. All of the Air Cargo Short SD3-30 and SD3-60 aircraft have been converted from a passenger configuration to cargo with an expanded cargo door and strengthened flat floor for quick and easy loading of cargo. In addition to owning the STC's for the conversion to cargo for the Shorts Aircraft, Air Cargo performs the conversions in house.

The avionics and instrument division is called Milwaukee Avionics & Instruments. Air Cargo also has one of the largest Shorts parts inventories in the world.

Fleet

The Air Cargo Carriers fleet includes the following aircraft (as of June 2007) :
  • 9 Short SD3-30
  • 14 Short SD3-60-200
  • 7 Short SD3-60-300
  • 1 Beechcraft King Air
    Beechcraft King Air
    The Beechcraft King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation...

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