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USAF Tests Palletized Cruise Missile Drop from MC-130J

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USAF Tests Palletized Cruise Missile Drop from MC-130J
An EC-130 prepares to drop JASSM-ER simulants (AFRL Photo)

A U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130J dropped a "current inventory cruise missile armed with a live warhead" at the Eglin AFB Overwater Test Range, Fla., as part of the Rapid Dragon program to test and field palletized munition operational prototypes on cargo aircraft in the next two years, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said on Dec. 17. In September, Lockheed Martin had said that the test would involve an MC-130J airdrop of a company Joint Air to…

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