The Air Force is experimenting with turning cargo planes into flying munitions trucks
Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
May 28, 2020 5:00 AM EDT
The U.S. Air Force has been experimenting with turning its cargo and transport planes into munitions trucks able to drop devastating bundles of standoff weaponry, the service has revealed.
The Air Force Research Laboratory said Wednesday that Air Force Special Operations Command successfully dropped simulated palletized munitions from a MC-130J Commando II multi-mission combat transport/special operations tanker in a test at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah in January.
The aircrew dropped five wooden pallets carrying six simulated munitions in three airdrops, ARFL said in a statement. The munitions pallets, also known as Combat Expendable Platforms, were deployed using a roller system.
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