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About this episode

The episode discusses a dangerous nighttime cargo drop mission involving an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules and the subsequent procedural changes.

The crew of an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was on a nighttime precision cargo drop practice mission. En route, they found themselves significantly lower in altitude than they should have been, putting their lives in jeopardy. What happened caused some changes in procedures and how missions were flown to that drop zone. Brigadier General Marcus Jannitto, the navigator on that flight, joins Rob Reider to explain the entire scenario. Sponsored by Avemco

People in this episode

Host: Rob Reider

Guest: Brigadier General Marcus Jannitto

Topics covered

• aviation safety
• military operations
• cargo drop missions
• nighttime flights
• procedural changes

Keywords

• C-130 Hercules
• cargo drop
• Air National Guard
• aviation safety
• Brigadier General Marcus Jannitto

Sponsors

Avemco

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Air National Guard

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