| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| USAF C-17 Loadmaster dusts off resume |
| 2018-10-25 |
| [ABC News] CAMERON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A C-17 military plane dropped a Humvee prematurely over a neighborhood in Harnett County Wednesday afternoon, Fort Bragg officials confirmed. No one was injured. The neighborhood is in the town of Cameron. This incident occurred around 1 p.m. during a training exercise. "A load of some kind was released early and we're looking into how it happened," said Michael Novogradac, a spokesman for the USArmy's Operational Test Command. The C-17 aircraft carries supplies and equipment into war zones and, on Wednesday, the special operations team was practicing that type of scenario when the accident happened. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Wrong data in.... GIGO. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-10-25 20:10 |
| #5 Damn, Trump even makes it rain cars and trucks!! Did Obummer ever do that? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-10-25 09:20 |
| #4 building a domestic Cargo Cult |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-25 09:05 |
| #3 What's the drift range for a heavy static drop? I was beyond terrible at airspeed, wind drift, pallet weight and forward throw drop zone calculations. From 1500 feet however, probably not very damn much. My guess (and only a guess) is that it was a Computerized Air Release Point (CARP) drop. Wrong data in.... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-25 08:33 |
| #2 20 miles from Pope AFB. What's the drift range for a heavy static drop? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-25 08:30 |
| #1 If I was the landowner I'd sue to keep the cargo. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-10-25 06:40 |