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I just wrote this on Facebook:

Today is MY LAST DAY working for NWA (Delta) Airlines. I started in January of 1979, and have worked at Anchorage International since 1980.

Delta decided to outsource our jobs to $10-an-hour people (minimum wage is $7.75 in Alaska). It kind of hurts, but I have important things to do that I can now fully concentrate on (at least for now).

Emotional day. This will be a big change.

My main goals are to help get the revival going and make it as a photographer (not an easy task these days, but especially if ‘ONE’ happens I have a good shot at it). I do plan on staying in Anchorage.

I’ll be able to seek God more easily, and perhaps write my first book, with the “Let Us Be ONE” prophecy as the theme:

“Let Us Be ONE” (A Prophecy — 2001-02, 2008)

And I’d like to now finally do some YouTube teaching videos to help get this thing rolling. It’s way out of my comfort zone, but I have no choice. Maybe more people will listen to my prophecy than read it, for example. And I would like to cover some important topics like lust, who goes to heaven, praying in tongues to be free.

And speaking of FREEDOM, I plan on being more diligent in praying forgiving prayers as often as necessary.

THANKS for all of your prayers, encouragement and INTERACTIONS!!! I can really use your prayers. There is so much to do. I’ll need all of my cylinders firing. I’m even joining a health club.

And as always, I’m open to suggestions.

I’ll probably ball like crazy as I drive away this morning — to start a new day : )

May God bless you all as you do what you believe you should to help bring life into this increasingly barren land.

I feel like the timing is perfect for this to happen. it’s kind of the perfect storm in a good way. And I actually had a dream about a decade ago which I told a prophetic friend, who also has tried to get ‘ONE’ happening, and helped inspire me many years ago. He felt God was telling me to retire at the age I now am, to then make it as a photographer. I had forgotten all about that, but now it makes sense. But there is so much work to do if I’m going to be able to make it doing part of what I love.

I’ll probably ball like crazy as I drive away this morning —
to start a new day : )

Power to the peaceful!

May ‘ONE’ soon happen — Jesus’ heart-cry for us in John 17 — as we abide in Him, finally ‘ONE’ with each other — “that the world will know” — and I’ll be a happy camper.

I wish I had a camper, by the way. Maybe someday.

Jeff : )

I’ll say more later, but I changed my cargo photos category back to Cargo’s Last Stand, which had temporarily been NWA > Delta Cargo.

I originally called it Cargo’s Last Stand to document NWA’s parking all of the 747 freighters, and then changed it to something more positive when Delta took over and we just handled passenger aircraft cargo.

We just found out this morning that Delta (who bought NWA) will now outsource our cargo operation here in Anchorage, starting 1/1/13.

Leah just said on Facebook that our cargo building was put into operation by NWA in 1969:

I believe 1969 and was expanded in 1972 to what is now occupied by LSG [flight kitchen] and ELS [plant maintenance].

I started working in Anchorage in 1980, and did a shift in this same air freight building in 1981.

All of the Cargo’s Last Stand photos are still posted. Just click the category in the Categories menu on the right. There are currently 35 pages of posts.

jeff

One of my former NWA bosses, Curt Jensen, took this wonderful historic shot a few decades ago, and has now posted it on Facebook. Thanks, Curt!

The DC-10 and 747 (international flight) passenger aircraft are parked at the end of the B-concourse at Anchorage International airport.

And in the background, behind the then-tiny control tower, is a Northwest Airlines red tail, 747 cargo freighter parked at our cargo warehouse with the nose open for nose loading. This was long before the transload days, when three freighters were parked side-by-side at one time.

The airport has since been remodeled. I now spend most of my time at the cargo facility, but bring freight to and from the Delta passenger planes that still park in this oft-windy location, where we also unload some of the bags and the freight. We also pick up and drop off the mail.

A Western Airlines airplane can be seen behind the B-concourse.

– jeff

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Photo by Curt Jensen

“I took this photo on a flying trip with Jerry Carter in a 170. …

 Flight 4 and 777….?????”

I just posted this on my Facebook page, if you’d like to follow this. For awhile, at Facebook, I’ll be posting approximately one photo per day which I pull out of the archive here.

What are these “Cargo’s Last Stand” photos, the Red Wall, etc.?

These photos document the last days of Northwest Airlines Cargo in Anchorage, Alaska.

I coined the term “Cargo’s Last Stand” from Custer’s Last Stand — using this phrase to title my NWA-Cargo-photos category at my personal blog, http://JeffFenske.wordpress.com. There I have listed hundreds of photos which document the end of NWA’s 747 freighter trans-load operation in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Red Wall was in the Anchorage pilots’ freighter base, which many of us signed and said ‘goodbye’ in front of.

At JeffFenske.wordpress.com, I’m still adding photos from Delta cargo, so I’ve recently changed the category name to “NWA > Delta Cargo.” Delta still has a cargo operation, which handles the cargo flown on their passenger planes.

One of my Facebook friends, a former NWA cargo employee suggested that I do a best-of series. So that’s what I’m starting now.

Though only one thumbnail photo will appear in my Facebook link, some will have more than one photo if you click on the link, which is thus far the case.

And as I said earlier, please feel free to download these photos for your personal use, to post or whatever, as long as they aren’t used for commercial purposes. They are all copyrighted Jeff Fenske.

Here is a brief overview of Cargo’s Last Stand from Wikipedia:

Northwest Airlines, Inc. (often abbreviated NWA) was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world. Northwest continued to operate under its own name and brand until the integration of the carriers was completed on January 31, 2010. …

NWA Cargo

As of 2006, Northwest Airlines Cargo was the largest cargo carrier among U.S. combination passenger and cargo airlines. NWA Cargo’s fleet of dedicated Boeing 747 freighter aircraft flew from some key cities in the United States and East Asia, as well as Amsterdam, connecting with THE CARRIER’S CARGO HUB IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport), FACILITATING THE QUICK TRANSFER OF CARGO BETWEEN LARGE CITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC. NWA Cargo also transports freight aboard the passenger fleet of Northwest Airlines to more than 250 cities worldwide. Delta announced that the NWA Cargo hub will be shut down by the end of 2009. … NWA Cargo ended all operations on December 28, 2009.

Here’s to the end of an interesting era that provided many photo opportunities.

Thanks, everyone!

– Jeff