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Another LAPES drop at Khe Sahn #c130 #lapes #khesahn #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

How C-130’s supported Marines at Khe Sahn #c130 #lapes #khesahn #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a different perspective to a LAPES drop. #lapes #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Part of the resupply of Khe Sanh involved LAPES drops of supplies from aircraft as they were flying low over of the runway. The pallet of cargo had two parachutes, a drogue chute which pulled the extraction chute out the back of the aircraft, which pulled the cargo out. #khesanh #c130 #lapes #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Taking a look back at a C-130 doing a LAPES drop in Vietnam. #c130 #c130a #usaf #lapes #vietnamwar #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation...

Taking a look at a LAPES from from a Herc, it was developed in 1964 and proved to be very beneficial in getting supplies to units in the...