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U.S and Polish C-130s Take Part In Joint Drills At Powdiz, One Of The Most Important Bases On NATO’s Eastern Flank

March 28, 2019 Jacek Siminski 0

We attended the Media Day of Aviation Detachment 19-1. Here’s what we have seen. Over the course of last month Powidz airbase has hosted a Polish-US aviation/ and cargo/personnel drop training event, involving C-130 aircraft. […]

This video taken 26 years ago today shows why low level airdrop can be extremely dangerous

July 1, 2013 David Cenciotti 4

Airdrops from military cargo planes are not always performed at high altitude, as the one showed in the spectacular video posted a few days ago. LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System) enables cargo aircraft to […]