(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Howard Blair) America's C-130 aircraft originally rolled out as a quick stopgap cargo plane during the Korean War. The rushed design served 70 years already with no ...

US Air Force transport aircraft are going to be carrying more than just troops, equipment, and supplies. The US Air Force is equipping its big airlift platforms to carry payloads similar to its ...

After an efficient 24-month campaign, the Air Force took a decisive step and brought a millenary relic into the 21st century: the Rapid Dragon. With a modernized system of palletized projectiles, the ...

The Rapid Dragon program is a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation. The test demonstrated the deployment of a production ...

The U.S. Air Force is one step closer to implementing a game-changing capability that will ensure its combat superiority – the recent live fire test that concluded the flights' demonstrations of this ...

Airmen and riggers with the 1st Special Operations Squadron Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System aboard an MC-130J Commando II in December 2021. (USAF) US Special ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has hit a target with a cruise missile launched from the ramp of a cargo aircraft for the first time as part of its Rapid Dragon programme. The service deployed a cruise ...

A HC-130J Combat King takes off from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] The U.S. Air Force successfully conducted a live-fire test of its Rapid Dragon ...

The U.S. Air Force successfully demonstrated its "Rapid Dragon" program, which aims to convert mobility aircraft like the C-17 and EC-130 into strike platforms by dropping palletized long-range ...

Airmen and riggers with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System aboard an MC-130J Commando II at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on 13 December, ...

EGLIN AFB — A YouTube video posted last week by the Air Force Research Laboratory uses digital animation to showcase a quickly developing plan involving Eglin Air Force Base for releasing long-range ...