Did lots of FARPS for 160th and the Air Force Spec Ops community in the MC.
Never did a LAPES drop, in fact we never did LAPES, period. I don't think
anyone in the TAC Lift community is even qualified anymore. Even back in
1991 in the U.A.E. waiting the first Gulf War I worked in the ALCC and we
were asked about airdrop quals, but nobody was qualified to do LAPES then,
at least in the wings I was controlling. We moved lots of MK-82's from
Masirah to points all around the peninsula.

Landing to offload munitions is the safest way.
--
Les
F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret)


"John S. Shinal" wrote in message
...
"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

If they want to do a FARP, they have
a number of options

No expert I, but you should be able to use a LAPES style drop
(or rather, a bunch of them) to move a bunch of stuff in when setting
up a FARP. I imagine moving munitions that way is pretty hairy, but
it's probably workable in some fashion.




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