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Airmen from the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Balad AB, Iraq, used two C-130 Hercules aircraft to drop thirty-one Container Delivery System bundles over a location in southwest Iraq in September, providing needed supplies to Iraqi border training teams supported by the US Army’s 82nd Sustainment Battalion. The supplies on this airdrop included ice, tires, concertina wire, and food. These regular airdrops keep convoys off the roads, the traditional way the Army delivers supplies, and decrease the number of ground personnel needed to secure an airfield. This method is safer, not only for the Army, but also for the aircrews delivering the supplies.
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