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A C-130 delivering an M551 Sheridan tank using LAPES ( Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System ).
The proposed use for nuclear-powered ramjets would be to power a cruise missile, called SLAM, for Supersonic Low Altitude Missile.
it: Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
( 2 ) ASP, featuring three independent sensors mounted on a Hitchhiker plate in the cargo bay -, Modular Star Sensor ( MOSS ), Yaw Earth Sensor ( YES ) and Low Altitude Conical Earth Sensor ( LACES ), all provided by the European Space Agency.
The KH-8, codenamed Gambit 3 was a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites of the " Key Hole " ( KH ) series used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984, and also known as Low Altitude Surveillance Platform.
The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM ( not to be confused with the U. S. Navy's current Standoff Land Attack Missile ) was a canceled U. S. Air Force project conceived around 1955.
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* Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, a cancelled U. S. Air Force nuclear-powered cruise missile project of the 1950, nicknamed the flying crowbar
# REDIRECT Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night, or LANTIRN, is a combined navigation and targeting pod system for use on the USAF's premier fighter aircraft — the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon ( Block 40 / 42 C & D models ).
* New build aircraft, for instance the BAE HALO ( High Altitude Low Observability ) or BAE Replica demonstrator.
It also is called HALO ( High Altitude Low Opening ) Wings.
Toss bombing ( sometimes known as loft bombing, and by the U. S. Air Force as the Low Altitude Bombing System, LABS ) is a method of bombing where the attacking aircraft pulls upwards when releasing its bomb load, giving the bomb additional time of flight by starting its ballistic path with an upward vector.
A more dynamic variant of toss bombing, called over-the-shoulder bombing, or the LABS ( Low Altitude Bombing System ) maneuver ( known to pilots as the " idiot's loop "), is a particular kind of loft bombing where the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back towards the target.
Due to the intense pilot workload involved with flying and entering the window of opportunity, some aircraft are equipped with a “ Toss Bomb Computer ” ( in US nuclear delivery, a part of the Low Altitude Bombing System ) that enables the pilot to release the bomb at the correct angle.
* Low Altitude Attack: The Hound Dog would have flown at a low altitude-below 5, 000 feet ( 1525 meters ) ( air-pressure altitude ) to its target where its nuclear warhead would have detonated.
* Low Altitude Attack: The GAM-77B ( later AGM-28B ) could fly a low RADAR altitude, from 3, 000 feet down to 100 feet from the ground.
** Charles A. Sewell, Grumman Aerospace Low Altitude high angle Corporation of attack, asymmetric thrust flight test program on the F-14 Tomcat.
Qualified Army and Air Force personnel may go on to earn the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge in special operations training for High Altitude Low Opening ( HALO ) and High Altitude High Opening ( HAHO ) jumps.
* High Altitude Low Opening ( HALO ) Parachute Jumper ( used for premeditated personnel parachute ( P3 ) operations ).
File: USAF-Occupational Badge-High Altitude Low Opening. svg | Freefall Parachutist Badge
The engines being developed under this program were intended to power an unmanned cruise missile, called SLAM, for Supersonic Low Altitude Missile.
The Magic Position was released in the United States on Low Altitude Records on 1 May 2007.

Low and Parachute
Enthusiasts within the British armed forces were inspired in the creation of airborne forces ( including the Parachute Regiment, Air Landing Regiments, and the Glider Pilot Regiment ) by the example of the German Luftwaffe's Fallschirmjäger, which had a major role in the invasions of Norway, and the Low Countries, particularly the attack on Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium, and a pivotal, but costly role in the invasion of Crete.
LAPES ( Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System ) is a variation of an HV drop where the aircraft almost completes a touch-and-go type pattern ( without actually touching the ground ) and the load is ejected at an extremely low altitude.

Low and System
Originally " drop-in " replacements were considered for higher performance, but a larger replacement for the S-IVB stage was later studied for missions to Mars and other high-load profiles, known as the S-N. Nuclear thermal space " tugs " were planned as part of the Space Transportation System to take payloads from a propellant depot in Low Earth Orbit to higher orbits, the Moon, and other planets.
Until 1995, there was the Silver Creek Communications Annex 41 ° 20 ' 46. 00 " N 97 ° 43 ' 18. 18 " W a station of the Survivable Low Frequency Communications System of the United States Air Force.
* Survivable Low Frequency Communications System ( SLFCS )
It was recommended in a September 2009 Task Force report to remove the Low and Guarded conditions from the Alert System altogether and set Yellow ( Elevated ) to " Guarded " as the new baseline of the system, without changing the baseline conditions issued when under Yellow in the current system.
* Low Floor System, a bus manufactured by Nova Bus used mainly for public transit
Danish Army Low Level Air Defence System ( DALLADS ):
Low earth orbit systems including some of the defunct ones have been allocated number ranges in the International Telecommunications Union's Global Mobile Satellite System virtual country code + 881.
Dry-Farming, A System Of Agriculture For Countries Under A Low Rainfall ( NY: The MacMillian Company, 1911 )
NERVA rockets would be used for nuclear " tugs " designed to take payloads from Low Earth Orbit to larger orbits as a component of the later-named Space Transportation System, resupply several space stations in various orbits around the Earth and Moon, and support a permanent lunar base.
Specifically, NASA Wallops has been leading two range technology development projects: the Autonomous Flight Safety System ( AFSS ) and the Low Cost TDRSS Transceiver ( LCT2 ).
Five integrity levels are defined: Low, Medium, High, System, and Trusted Installer.
The SBIRS Low contract is now managed by the Missile Defense Agency ( MDA ) and has been subsequently renamed to the Space Tracking and Surveillance System ( STSS ).
* Space-Based Infrared System Low at Risk of Missing Initial Deployment Date, U. S. General Accounting Office, Feb. 2001.
The original Bell System US and Canadian mobile telephone system includes three frequency bands, VHF Low ( 35 – 44 MHz, 9 channels ), VHF High ( 152 – 158 MHz, 11 channels in the U. S., 13 channels in Canada ), and UHF ( 454 – 460 MHz, 12 channels ).
Another book by Widtsoe was Dry-Farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under a Low Rainfall ( New York: MacMillan Company, 1920 ).
By integrating the Low Level Air Picture ( LLAP ) with both VSHORAD-missiles systems into the wireless GBADS-network, which is JTIDS ( Joint Tactical Information Distribution System ) capable, they can bring the Recognized Air Picture ( RAP ) to the SWPs.
Image: Small Low Pressure System Northeastern Pacific. JPG | This image displays a dense cloud pattern and arcing band of convection, indicating a young, developing cyclone.
Image: Large Low Pressure System Northeastern Pacific. JPG | The diffuse cloud pattern in this image indicates an old, dissipating low pressure system.
In computing, LBX, or Low Bandwidth X, was a protocol to use the X Window System over network links with low bandwidth and high latency.
* Low Impact Docking System, a space vehicle mating system designed by NASA

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