An MC-130J on a rehearsal flight at Andøya Space Defense Range in Norway on November 8.US Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire US Air Force special operators launched a cruise missile ...

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 ...

What if a C-130 or C-17 could launch dozens of cruise missiles like a flying arsenal? That’s exactly what Rapid Dragon is designed to do! With its air-dropped missile pallets, the U.S. military is ...

US Air Force transport aircraft are going to be carrying more than just troops, equipment, and supplies. The US Air Force is equipping its big airlift platforms to carry payloads similar to its ...

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 ...

The Air Force plans to launch a live cruise missile dropped out of the back of a cargo plane before the end of the year as part of “Rapid Dragon” — a program to turn the lumbering military aircraft ...

The U.S. Air Force this December will conduct a live demonstration of palletized cruise missiles from the back of cargo aircraft, after multiple tests on aircraft including C-17s and EC-130s. Air ...

The idea is simple: arm cargo and transport planes with stacks and stacks of long-range stand-off missiles that can be dropped out of a plane’s cargo hold, saturating enemy defenses with dozens of ...

A quarter scale model of an AFRL Rapid Dragon palletised munition rack on display 20 to 22 September 2021 at the Air Force Association's annual conference held outside Washington, DC. (Janes/Pat Host) ...