..and when was a cow killed by the RAF not a prize cow?
Underslung loads may not always be the answer. Just been reading Ken Bell's '100 Missions North'. F-105 crashes after take-off into a Thai rice paddy. Engine is needed for crash investigation. Too swampy for ground heavy lift equipment. Call the choppers? Nope, they parked a flatbed on the levy and let the villagers know a handsome reward would await the bearers of a J75 engine. Next morning; engine on flatbed. Cost: probably about 3 million Thai Baht = $10.