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Special Operations Personnel and Airmen Rehearse Palletized Munitions Delivery

Special Operations Personnel and Airmen Rehearse Palletized Munitions Delivery
U. S. Special Operations Task Group-Central personnel and 379th Air Expeditionary Wing airmen rehearse static load/off-load training last December for the rapid employment of long-range palletized munitions (U.S. Army Photo)

U.S. Central Command said on March 5 that Special Operations Task Group-Central (SOTG-C) and Air Forces Central airmen recently had hands-on training for the rapid installation and delivery of palletized Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) on an Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130J Commando II combat transport aircraft. Lockheed Martin [LMT] builds the AGM-158A JASSM, the AGM-158B JASSM Extended Range, and the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile. "Loading JASSM cradles into the special operations aircraft, the airmen worked with SOTG-C…

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