Texas Tech University

Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA007087
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Photo Storage 000001154 box 29; folder 2
Language(s)
English
General Note
Low Altitude Delivery - A US Air Force C-130 Hercules crew drops a bundle of supplies to the US Army 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) at An Khe in South Vietnam. On the paradrop, a 315th Air Division Hercules crew delivered more than two tons of supplies using the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) and Parachute Low Altitude Delivery System (PLADS) developed by the Air Force's Tactical Air Command. Official US Air Force Photo released by the Department of Defense Washington, DC June 28th, 1966

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA007087

Citation
Photograph, VA007087. No Date, Veteran Members of the 109th Quartermaster Company (Air Delivery) Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA007087, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA007087, Veteran Members of the 109th Quartermaster Company (Air Delivery) Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 22 Aug 2001]