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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 |
| Web Views: | 88 |
| Downloads: | 20 |
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