C-17 Airdrop over Afghanistan

A C-17 Globemaster III crew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron complete two aerial cargo drop missions. The cargo included vital supplies such as food, water and fuel for troops and villagers in remote locations of Afghanistan.

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[exmo74]

Now I would pay $79/year for Amazon Prime if they delivered stuff this way.

[Wademu5]

Wicked cool but that mustache isn't doing that dude any favors.

[Stephen Stiles]

This is known as a can of whoop-ass, these are typically filled with U.S. Army Airborne, and Army Rangers, oh and Navy SEALS, and...Can of whoop-ass.

[Julian Bloodworth]

OOH-RAH

[Searching4Truth1]

That most certainly is a different type release system

[Mike Wright]

At ease the nasty mustache

[LateralThinkerer]

Those are JPADS ("Joint Precision Airdrop System") self targeting parachutes (steerable canopies linked to servo boxes). The canister is a radiosonde that provides winds aloft data to help the system set up and guide the drop. Their 80% drop accuracy is supposed to be (variously) 150 m from 24,500' and 8 km away depending on size and weight variation.

[Matthew Kutyna]

meh already saw it in uncharted 3