Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.14.2007
A C-17 Globemaster III takes off from Bagram Airfield Oct. 14.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
Air Force Capt. Mathew Oliver, of Hellotes, Tx., uses the Precision Air Drop System to calculate the precise airdrop release point, Oct 11. The computer gets some of its information from a dropsonde, released over the drop zone that sends information such as altitude and wind speed back to the computer. A total of 62 cargo bundles were dropped from two C-17s in two passes. This was the first......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
As 16 bundles from the lead C-17 Globemaster III drift to the ground, a second C-17 drops more bundles to a drop zone in Afghanistan Oct. 11. A total of 62 cargo bundles were dropped from two C-17s in two passes. 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. The planes and crews are part of the 817th Expeditionary......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
As bundles from the lead C-17 Globemaster III drift to the ground, a second C-17 prepares to drop more bundles to a drop zone in Afghanistan, Oct. 11. A total of 62 cargo bundles were dropped from two C-17s in two passes. 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. The planes and crews are part of the 817th......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
On the first pass, 16 bundles are dropped from the lead C-17 Globemaster III to a drop zone in Afghanistan, Oct. 11. A total of 62 cargo bundles were dropped from two C-17s. 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. The planes and crews are part of the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Manas, Kyrgyzstan....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
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......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
Technical Sgt. Marvin Mosley checks one of the gates securing the bundles before dropping them from a C-17 Glomebaster III, Oct 11. 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......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO | 10.11.2007
Spc. Joshua Black, front left, attaches one of 62 parachute ripcords to the static line of a C-17 Globemaster III, at Bagram Airfield, while crew members continue to load bundles. The 62 cargo bundles were dropped from two C-17s, Oct. 11, 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.......
