Thursday, April 21, 2016

Perfectly Good Humvees Dumped in Perplexing Parachute "Jump"

Humvees plummet to ground in Hohenfels parachute drop fiasco 
Stars and Stripes 
April 21, 2016 

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — A training mission gone awry resulted in the loss of three Army Humvees during a heavy equipment drop mission last week in Hohenfels. A video circulating on social media shows the vehicles falling out of the back of passing C-130s during a routine training exercise for the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade on April 11. Connected to parachutes, most of the Humvees simply float gently to the ground. But during a second C-130 pass, one of the Humvees disconnects from its chute and is sent hurtling to the ground. A minute later, a second one breaks free from its chute. Then, a third. read more here

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