Download or read book Operational Test and Evaluation of F-100/f-105 Capability, Tactics and Techniques for Aerial Delivery of Photographic Prints written by TACTICAL AIR COMMAND LANGLEY AFB VA. and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During July 1963, flight tests were performed by the USAF Fighter Weapons School (TR+D Division), Nellis AFB, Nevada, to develop a system for the aerial delivery of photographic prints from the F-100 and F-105 type aircraft. The test was perfermed in three phases - functional, ballistic, and tactics and technique phase which consisted of a total of sixty-one drops. The finalized aerial delivery system consisted of a modified dart target recovery chute canister with the pilot chute of an F-105 drag chute attached. A modified LAU-10/A Zuni Rocket Launcher was used to carry and launch the delivery containers. The aerial delivery system was successful up to 400 KIAS at a minimum release altitude of 50 feet. Optimum drop conditions are 300 to 350 KIAS at a release altitude of 50 to 100 feet above ground level. Releases within these conditions assure recoverability and reusability of the delivery containers. Present low-level weapons delivery techniques are applicable for releasing the delivery containers from both the F-100 and the F-105D. (Author).