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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

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

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 […]