▁and ▁res er voir ▁d ams . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Korean ▁War ▁ended ▁and ▁the ▁B - 2 9 ▁and ▁B - 3 6 ▁bom bers ▁were ▁retired , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Air ▁Force ▁no ▁longer ▁had ▁an ▁aircraft ▁that ▁could ▁drop ▁the ▁M - 1 2 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁bomb s ▁were ▁put ▁in ▁storage . ▁Production ▁of ▁the ▁T - 1 0 ▁ended ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁The ▁B - 3 6 ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁oper ational ▁aircraft ▁that ▁could ▁drop ▁a ▁fully ▁assemble d ▁T all boy ▁type ▁bomb ▁in ▁the ▁conventional ▁way . ▁During ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁some ▁M - 1 2 1 s , ▁minus ▁their ▁rear ▁stream lined ▁shr oud s ▁and ▁tail ▁fin ▁assemb lies , ▁were ▁sh ipped ▁to ▁Vietnam ▁for ▁Comm ando ▁V ault ▁miss ions ▁where ▁the ▁war head s ▁were ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁B L U - 8 2 ▁weapons ▁dropped ▁by ▁C - 1 3 0 s ▁using ▁rad ar ▁control . ▁The ▁war head s ▁were ▁mounted ▁on ▁a ▁platform ▁and ▁pulled ▁by ▁par ach utes ▁from ▁the ▁rear ▁loading ▁r amp ▁of ▁C - 1 3 0 s . ▁After ▁clear ing ▁the ▁aircraft ▁the ▁large ▁extra ction ▁ch utes ▁and ▁pal lets ▁were ▁cut ▁away ▁and ▁small ▁tri angular ▁ch utes ▁stabil ized ▁the ▁large ▁war head ▁until ▁impact . ▁A ▁three - foot ▁nose ▁pro be ▁det on ated ▁the ▁bomb ▁at ▁the ▁correct ▁stand - off ▁distance . ▁One ▁of