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62nd AW conducts first C-17 JPADS training

Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing successfully completed the first continental C-17 Globemaster III Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, airdrop during routine training March 8, 2012, by dropping two bundles equaling 2,900 pounds at Yakima Training Center, Wash. The two bundles were dropped at approximately 5,700 feet, which is more than one mile in the air. The first landed within 20 yards of its designated target. The second landed within seven yards. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Leah Young)

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