Marine Corps Cpl. Isaiah Daniels guides a Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) onto a CH-53E Super Stallion at Landing Zone Falcon, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 27, 2021. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) used the JPADS to provide rapid and precise high-altitude delivery of artillery ammunition to Marines of 10th Marine Regiment for Exercise Rolling Thunder. The JPADS uses GPS, a modular autonomous guidance unit, a parachute and electric motors to guide cargo to their targeted drop zones with great precision along a predetermined glide and flight pa
Marine Corps Cpl. Isaiah Daniels guides a Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) onto a CH-53E Super Stallion at Landing Zone Falcon, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 27, 2021. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) used the JPADS to provide rapid and precise high-altitude delivery of artillery ammunition to Marines of 10th Marine Regiment for Exercise Rolling Thunder. The JPADS uses GPS, a modular autonomous guidance unit, a parachute and electric motors to guide cargo to their targeted drop zones with great precision along a predetermined glide and flight path. The system ensures accurate and timely delivery in support of operational missions, providing forward sustainment to Marine ground units who are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations while also providing aircraft with increased survivability. Rolling Thunder is a live-fire artillery exercise where Marines with 10th Marine Regiment employed distributed artillery fire while on simulated expeditionary advanced bases in order to improve lethality when operating inside actively contested maritime spaces in support of fleet operations. Daniels is a crew chief with HMH-461, a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.
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Keywords: 2nd, ammunition, ch-53e, maw, offload, stallion, super, usmc
