C-130AnKheVietnam
Using the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES), a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules crew delivers a load of supplies to the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division at An Khe. With LAPES, platform-mounted loads are pulled from the rear of a transport plane at an altitude of about five feet. The delivery system is designed for resupply to narrow drop zones. The photo was taken ca. in 1965-66, as the C-130 is not camouflaged, yet.
- Date
- c. 1966
- Photographer / author
- U.S. Air Force photo
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 2,821 × 2,149 pixels
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