AFI 11-2C-130v3 - BITS

252 AFI11-2C-130V3 23 APRIL 2012
19.26.1.2. Door bundles dropped from the ramp and door will be rigged with a T-10
parachute (converted for cargo) or parachute equipped with breakaway static lines (per
TO 13C7-1-11, Airdrop of Supplies and Equip—Rigging Containers). Also, bundles
rigged for a ramp exit are equipped with a skid board compatible with the center roller
conveyors. NOTE: If no parachutists are to be dropped after the door bundles, nonbreakaway
static lines will be used. Anchor cable stops will be positioned as depicted in
TO 1C-130A-9 for CDS airdrops.
19.26.2. During unilateral single-ship airdrop training, door bundles will not exit aircraft
after a paratrooper has jumped. NOTE: During joint training, combat or contingency
operations, the user determines door bundle requirements and order of exit from any or all
personnel airdrop aircraft in the formation.
19.26.3. When door bundles are dropped with personnel, compute the CARP for the first
paratrooper exiting after the bundle and compute an additional CARP for the door bundle to
ensure that it will impact on the DZ. Release the bundle at the personnel CARP, followed by
the parachutists when the door is clear. When a door bundle is the only object dropped, base
the CARP on the bundle.
19.27. Equipment Airdrops. Only equipment rigged in accordance with 13-C series T.O.s or
JSOC 350 series may be airdropped. The maximum airdrop load to be extracted over the ramp is
42,000 pounds for C-130E/H airplanes 61-2358, 62-1784 and up and 25,000 pounds for other C-
130 aircraft. The aerial delivery unit supporting the load movement ensures current publications
are available for loadmaster reference during joint inspections.
19.28. Heavy Equipment airdrops with the Extraction Parachute Jettison System (EPJS).
19.28.1. Loadmasters must receive EPJS ground training before using the system during
airdrop missions.
19.29. CDS Airdrops.
19.29.1. Reset flaps according to the appropriate CDS flap setting chart and maintain level
flight. It is not recommended to drop CDS at gross weights less than 104,000 pounds. If drop
must be made, use zero flaps and expect longer than normal exit time. CAUTION: The
aircraft will tend to pitch up as the load exits the aircraft. This pitch must be controlled to
allow no more than two or three degrees additional pitch. Do not over control to the point
that negative "G" forces are encountered while the load is exiting the aircraft as this increases
exit time or may stop load movement. CAUTION: Dropping high altitude CDS bundles at
17,000 feet or above requires proper yoke compensation for shift in center of gravity as the
load exits. Premature yoke inputs, over compensation, or no yoke inputs all may result in
aircraft tail impacts by exiting bundles.
19.29.2. When the loadmaster calls ―load clear‖, the flaps should be set to 50 percent.
19.29.3. Loadmasters are permitted to pull down sharply with a gloved hand or on a tiedown
strap looped over the static-line retriever winch cable to assist the cut of the release gate.
Loadmasters will only pull on the cable after hearing and seeing "GREEN LIGHT‖.
19.29.3.1. A manual gate cut is defined as using a knife to cut/release the CDS/intermediate
gates. Loadmasters will not cut release gates while in the paratroop doors next to
the exiting bundles. Loadmasters will ensure they hear and see ―GREEN LIGHT‖ before