EGLIN AFB — A YouTube video posted last week by the Air Force Research Laboratory uses digital animation to showcase a quickly developing plan involving Eglin Air Force Base for releasing long-range ...

EGLIN AFB — Two recent weapons tests connected to Eglin Air Force Base produced a mixed record for ongoing Air Force weapons development. On Dec. 15, the service's efforts to develop an air-launched ...

The U.S. Air Force successfully demonstrated its "Rapid Dragon" program, which aims to convert mobility aircraft like the C-17 and EC-130 into strike platforms by dropping palletized long-range ...

A program between the U.S. defense industry and several military customers called Rapid Dragon allows for delivery of munitions from non-combat aircraft. A standard cargo version of the palletized ...

The United States’ effort to bring more firepower quickly to a fight took a new turn this week with Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) testing out the Rapid Dragon palletized munitions concept ...

(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Howard Blair) America's C-130 aircraft originally rolled out as a quick stopgap cargo plane during the Korean War. The rushed design served 70 years already with no ...

A HC-130J Combat King takes off from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] The U.S. Air Force successfully conducted a live-fire test of its Rapid Dragon ...

The U.S. Air Force is thinking outside the box, and it is probably keeping Chinese military leaders up at night. Chinese military officials are likely alarmed by the Air Force’s efforts to launch ...

The Air Force wants to be able to deliver munitions during a fight, by dropping them from cargo aircraft, and is now closer than ever to reaching this goal. Recently renamed Rapid Dragon, this program ...

The US Air Force (USAF) Rapid Dragon Experimentation Program, in association with Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Det 1, has successfully ...

Airmen and riggers with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System aboard an MC-130J Commando II at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on 13 December, ...

EGLIN AFB — Two recent weapons tests connected to Eglin Air Force Base produced a mixed record for ongoing Air Force weapons development. On Dec. 15, the service's efforts to develop an air-launched ...