![]() It was a classic HALO drop-high-altitude, low-opening. They angled their bodies downward as they fell, so that they flew head-first, their masks pointed into the onrushing wind, becoming human spears, freefalling with serious intent. ![]() ![]() The forty-strong flock of paratroopers plummeted to earth, men in high-altitude jumpsuits-full-face breathing masks streamlined black bodysuits. Then the rear loading ramp of the Combat Talon rumbled open and several dozen tiny figures issued out from it in rapid sequence, spreading out into the sky behind the soaring plane. This was unusual, because there was nothing down there-according to the maps, the nearest land in this part of the Pacific was an atoll 500 klicks to the east. This Combat Talon stayed high, very high, it was as if it was trying to avoid being seen by radar systems down at sea level. ![]() It was a modified Hercules cargo plane, known as an MC-130 “Combat Talon,” the delivery vehicle of choice for U.S. ![]() The vicious-looking airCRaft shot aCRoss the sky at near supersonic speed. ![]()
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