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By Richard S. BoutellePresident of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation The Quartermaster Review, September-October 1950 The old adage "the bigger they are the harder they fall" is taking a kicking around in the air-delivery business. It has been our business for...
Dr. Steven AndersQuartermaster Professional Bulletin - Autumn/Winter 1994 Historical Background. The idea of dropping people and things safely out of the sky has been around for a long time. As far back as the late 15th century, the Italian genius, Leonardo da Vinci,...
From the Archives of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum and the Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department, U.S. Army Quartermaster School and Center, Fort Lee, Virginia C-17 "Globemaster III" Heavy DropU.S. Air Force Photo, by Staff Sgt. David L....
Norman P. Bruneau Quartermaster Professional Bulletin - Spring 1991 Airdrop is a proven way to provide logistical support when fighting, outnumbered, against an enemy with significantly shorter supply lines. This realization drives development of new airdrop...
By Major Thomas R. Cross, Inf.Division Parachute Officer, 11th Airborne Division The Quartermaster Review, September-October 1950 Article written by the officer credited with designing the first rigger badge about one of the first new Quartermaster Divisional...
By LIEUTENANT WALTER J. WARNER, Q.M.C. Quartermaster Review September-October 1950 On Armed Forces Day, May 20th, Quartermaster personnel at Fort Lee were treated to a preview of their own armed forces in action in a war of the future when forty paratroopers of the...
Chief Warrant Officer FourJohn Ashley WardQuartermaster Hall of Fame1994 CW4 John Ashley Ward was born on 19 September 1910, in Watkinsville, Georgia. He joined the U.S. Army on 19 November 1932 as an Infantry private. He served with the 5th Infantry Division in China...