317 AG two-for-two on target
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ray Mendez, 294th Quartermaster Company, left, U.S. Air Force Maj. Daniel Hilferty, 317th Operations Support Squadron, center, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Paskell, 40th Airlift Squadron, right, push a cargo bundle equipped with a Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) onto a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 317th Airlift Group prior to an airdrop training mission Aug. 14, 2012, at Fort Hood, Texas. JPADS is a cargo parachute system that incorporates an onboard global positioning system able to guide the cargo with pinpoint accuracy to a designated drop zone. JPADS also allows cargo to be dropped from higher attitudes, allowing aircraft to safely avoid enemy ground fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger/ Released)