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Old 23rd Apr 2016, 07:31
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chevvron
 
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Originally Posted by onetrack
The USAAF has been in existence since 1941, they have been carrying out air-drops since 1943 - and they still can't get it right??

It would appear that the lowest-ranking, least-trained members of the service are the ones involved in the parachute packing. But, hey, it's only taxpayers money, right?
I thought the USAAF disappeared in 1947 when the USAF came into being.
Course they're only Humvees; had they been Jeeps they would have survived the drop.
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