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TEHRAN, September 01 -Operation Exercise Predictable Iron in North Carolina, which included more than 1,000 Army paratroopers and 40 tons of equipment, sought to strengthen skills needed for airdrop insertion on a mass scale.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Operation Exercise Predictable Iron in North Carolina, which included more than 1,000 Army paratroopers and 40 tons of equipment, sought to strengthen skills needed for airdrop insertion on a mass scale.
The collaboration of the Air Force and the Army was on display at two drop zones of Pope Field, and the scale of the drop was unprecedented, officials said.
"It is crucial that the Air Force and Army work well together because without each other the mission fails," said Capt. Jared Barkemeyer, aircraft commander for one of the C-17s. "Without the reliable transport the Air Force provides, the Army could not execute their objectives in a timely manner via airdrop. The airdrop insertion at a mass scale is something no other nation in the world can provide."
Barkemeyer called the exercise a total success.
It was also a test of a new Army method for dropping bundles of supplies from planes. The caster-assisted A-series Delivery System, or CAADS, was used to drop "door bundles" of supplies by parachute.
"It's pretty much a door bundle on wheels," said Maj. Brian Plover. "It's a new thing, every jump we push out a CAADS. It holds supplies that are needed immediately, such as water, food or ammo."
During the three-day exercise, 40 tons of equipment, including armored vehicles and re-supply containers, were dropped by parachute, as well as 1,005 paratroopers.
Source: UPI
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