Cheaper, closer airdrops in Afghanistan (Air Force Times)
- Saturday Mar 13,2010 02:23 PM
- By Admin
- In Afghanistan
C-130 aircrews in Afghanistan have begun executing “low-cost, low-altitude” airdrops to smaller, more mobile units on the ground. The new bundles weigh between 80 and 500 pounds and are released lower to the ground, attached to disposable parachutes. The new airdrop method will be used to augment the main methods of delivering supplies — landing at airfields and offloading, and dropping larger …
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Cheaper, closer airdrops in Afghanistan (Air Force Times)
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