Low-Cost Glider Offers Extended-Range Airdrops

Credit: Logistics Gliders
Through more than 11 years of war in Afghanistan, airdropping of supplies has become a key part of the U.S. strategy for supporting forces that are geographically dispersed over difficult and dangerous terrain. But as this conflict winds down, and the Pentagon turns to future operations, what is the...

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