Air Force Delivers Precision Resupply to the Joint Warfighter
The 317th Airlift Group successfully completed a precision airdrop capability demonstration to a distinguished panel of visitors at Fort Hood, ...
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Afghanistan airdrops surpass record levels in 2011
In 2011, mobility Airmen delivering airdrops reached a new annual record with 75,956,235 pounds of cargo delivered. That's nearly 16 ...
Army tests new water, fuel bladders for airdrop
Army paratroopers here completed two of three test drops Nov. 10 to certify a new water and fuel container system ...
Precision airdrop systems are growing for future ops
Since 2005, when the first forms of the Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System were being developed and used, the idea ...
C-17 marks 2 millionth flight hour during airdrop
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE: This month, the C-17 Globemaster III celebrated its two millionth flight hour. As a testament to ...
Afghan air force delivers on first airdrop
KABUL, Afghanistan: In the sky over Kalat, Afghanistan, a C-27 Spartan crew member opened the bay door and two men ...
Bagram C-130 crew airdrops GPS-guided supplies in Afghan valley
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: Earlier this month in Afghanistan, a small unit of coalition ground forces traveled a great distance to ...
C-130 Low-Cost, Low-Altitude Combat Airdrops Now Operational
SOUTHWEST ASIA: A C-130 Hercules aircrew conducted a new method of airdrop that makes deliveries more accurate and flexible for ...
Airmen share airdrop expertise with Ugandan forces
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany: Airmen of U.S. Air Forces Africa worked with Uganda peoples defense force members during a theater ...
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