JPADS provide precision airdrops to battlefield
Tech. Sergeant Jonathon Welsh, a communication navigation mission systems specialist, loads the Joint Precision Airdrop System onto a C-17 Globemaster III prior to an airdrop mission June 12 over Afghanistan. Sergeant Welsh is assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron and is responsible for loading JPADS onto airlift assets and conducting systems checks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Teresa Sullivan)