Supplying food, water, ammunition and fuel by airdropped bundles has done nothing but grow since 2005, and is likely to rise again next year, the commander of the Air Force Mobility Command said. In 2005, there were two million pounds of airdrops, 60 million pounds were airdropped in 2010, and 90 million pounds in 2011, Gen. Raymond Johns said at a Defense Writers Group breakfast yesterday. Another way to look at it is that 6,000 four foot-by-four-foot bundles are being…
Need For Air Drops Continually Increasing, General Says
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