Air Force accomplishes record setting air drop [Image 4 of 9]

AFGHANISTAN

10.11.2007

Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson  

Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO

Technical Sgt. Marvin Mosley releases a dropsonde from the rear door of a C-17 Globemaster III over Afghanistan, Oct. 11. The dropsonde is designed to relay information, such as wind speed and altitude, back to a computer onboard the aircraft so the Precision Air Drop System can calculate the best airdrop point. Sixty-two cargo bundles were dropped from two C-17s to a drop zone in Afghanistan. This was the first time a combat cargo drop of this magnitude has taken place from two C-17s in formation over one drop zone. Mosley, of Puyallup, Wash., is a loadmaster at McCord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Wash., deployed with the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Manas, Kyrgyzstan.

• Date Taken: 10.11.2007
• Date Posted: 10.15.2007 10:46
• Photo ID: 61583
• VIRIN: 071011-F-2185F-098
• Resolution: 2100x1293
• Size: 213.07 KB
• Location: AF