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Article: Air Force print news (Jan. 18, 2007): JPADS continues 'revolution in Air drop technology'.(In the News)(Joint Precision Air Drop System)
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- May 1, 2007
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FORT DIX, N.J. -- Since October 2005, the Air Mobility Warfare Center has partnered in an effort to revolutionize the way the Air Force does its airlift air drops in the expeditionary environment and around the globe with the Joint Precision Air Drop System, or JPADS, initiative.
"When it was said to make this concept of JPADS a reality and we became Air Mobility Command's lead on this project, we started work right away," said Maj. Gen. David S. Gray, AMWC commander. "General (Duncan J.) McNabb (AMC commander), made this a command priority, and he definitely made it my No. 1 priority. I'm proud of how far we've come and how fast we got there."
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