Rapid Dragon is a palletized and disposable weapons module which is airdropped in order to deploy flying munitions, typically cruise missiles, from unmodified cargo planes.

The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, known under program " Commando Vault " and nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" in Vietnam for its ability to flatten a section of forest into a helicopter landing …

The bomb is designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules, primarily the MC-130 E Combat Talon I or MC-130H Combat Talon II variants. The bomb's name and nickname were inspired by …

Aug 14, 2023 · On March 23, 1970, a United States Air Force C-130 was dispatched over the jungles of Laos carrying an unusual payload. Securely fastened to a pallet inside the aircraft’s …

WHAT IS RAPID DRAGON? Rapid Dragon is the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) office’s Palletized Effects campaign that explores the feasibility and …

gineer, TSgt. Charles Anderson, ideas were kicked around on a routine C-130 fligh in Viet-nam. Two colonels onboard, one Army and one Air Force, revealed they were with Air Force …

Dec 17, 2021 · “During the December test, an MC-130J flown by an Air Force Special Operations Command operational flight crew, received new targeting data while in flight which was then …

The rigged bomb was loaded on a C-130 aircraft and the drop staged out of Hill Air Force Base. The bomb impacted on one of the large dry lake bed targets at the Tonopah Range.

Since only cargo aircraft could carry them, C-130 crews delivered the BLU-82/B with normal parachute cargo extraction systems. The BLU-82/B first saw use in Vietnam on March 23, …

Apr 19, 2010 · The first combat drops were made in Vietnam in March 1969 from the C-130 Hercules. The bomb was carried on a pallet-mounted cradle in the cargo hold and an …