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An aircrew operating a C-130H Hercules with the 136th Airlift Wing of the Texas Air National Guard at Fort Worth completed an Container Delivery System (CDS) airdrop over Young Air Assault Strip on South Post on July 16, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis.
The activity was part of the Patriot North 2019 exercise that took place at Volk Field and Fort McCoy.
More than 700 civilians, volunteers, and National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from more than 20 states supported the 2019 exercise.
Container Delivery System bundles are the most commonly used method for the airdrop of supplies for contingency and humanitarian operations. CDS bundles are used as a means of delivering equipment and supplies that are too heavy for an individual parachutist to carry, and are often used to supply ground units in forward-operating areas like Afghanistan.
In its configuration, as an example, CDS bundle consists of a skid board built with plywood and energy-removing material such as "honeycombed" cardboard, an A22 container to rig equipment no taller than 83 inches, one cargo parachute, one pilot parachute, and various expendable supplies.
Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.
The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”
| Date Taken: | 07.26.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 07.26.2019 10:55 |
| Story ID: | 333208 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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