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A stretch C-130J, tested at the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California, demonstrated in February it can airdrop up to 40,000 pounds of bundled equipment with no damage to the equipment. The objective of the tests was to assess the damage rate to the released bundles to calculate how much extra equipment must be dropped so ground forces receive the serviceable amount needed. Of the twenty-four container delivery system bundles released during eight flights in five days, none were damaged. The 100 percent survivability rate means the stretch C-130J does not have to carry extra equipment for such drops. The test drops consisted of water drums rigged to create pallets weighing as much as 2,300 pounds.
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