FILE PHOTO -- A soldier
walks toward a Humvee equipped with an Airfield Lighting System that is about
to be loaded into a U.S. Airforce C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Army/Private
First Class Liem Huynh).
24
Oct 2018
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
Army testers accidentally
dropped a Humvee from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft Wednesday,
about a mile short of the intended drop zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The
Airborne and Special operations Test Directorate was testing a new heavy-drop
platform loaded with a Humvee, base spokesman Tom McCollum told Military.com.
"They
were going in for a time-on-target on Sicily Drop Zone at 1 p.m.,"
McCollum said. "Everything was going well; they were at the one-minute
mark to the drop zone.
"We
don't know what happened, but the platform went out early and landed in a rural
area. There was no one hurt. No private property was damaged."
The
incident, which is under investigation, follows a similar airborne mishap that
occurred in April 2016 when three separate Humvees came loose from their
heavy-drop platforms and crashed onto a designated drop zone in Germany.
Earlier
this week at USAG Hohenfels the 173rd Airborne Brigade forgot how to Airborne.
Watch as three humvees explode and burn on contact after parachutes
malfunction. Do'h!
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