File:C-130 LAPES drop in Vietnam.jpg

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Description A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130B/E Hercules aircraft passes low over a drop zone in South Vietnam to deliver a pallet of supplies to ground forces in a forward area. The low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) was successfully used to resupply forward area sites where it was impossible for an aircraft to land.
Date 1960s
date QS:P,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 110224-F-XN622-008
Author USAF

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