C-130H Combat Airdrop

Published Sept. 14, 2022

First Combat Airdrop in more than a Decade — U.S. Air Force loadmasters and aircrew assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, observe pre-mission preparations on a C-130H Hercules June 3, 2018. The C-130H crew conducted a supply airdrop over an undisclosed location in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Inherent Resolve’s Operation Roundup. This was the first combat airdrop in almost 14 years for the C-130H squadron deployed from the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor)

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and aircrew assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, observe pre-mission preparations on a C-130H Hercules June 3, 2018. The C-130H crew conducted a supply airdrop over an undisclosed location in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Inherent Resolve’s Operation Roundup. This was the first combat airdrop in almost 14 years for the C-130H squadron deployed from the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor)