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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Single C-17 breaks airdrop record
A single U.S. Air Force C-17 airdropped 32,400 pounds of humanitarian aid within 40 minutes to four locations in central and eastern Afghanistan March 16.

This feat marked the most cargo airdropped to this many drop-zones in the shortest amount of time from a single aircraft in the history of U.S. airdrop operations.

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