Chutes up

A fifteen-foot extraction parachute catches wind, pulling a heavy equipment platform out the rear of a 911th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules during a training exercise above a designated drop zone in Cadiz, Ohio, July 14, 2012. Two G-12 Echo parachutes were used to safely land the 3,250 pound platform on its target, as 32nd Aerial Port Squadron members waited on the ground to recover the dropped cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Hehnly/Released)

Chutes up

Published July 16, 2012
By Senior Airman Jonathan Hehnly
911th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PITTSBURGH IAP ARS -- A fifteen-foot extraction parachute catches wind, pulling a heavy equipment platform out the rear of a 911th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules during a training exercise above a designated drop zone in Cadiz, Ohio, July 14, 2012. Two G-12 Echo parachutes were used to safely land the 3,250 pound platform on its target, as 32nd Aerial Port Squadron members waited on the ground to recover the dropped cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Hehnly/Released)