6593d Test Squadron - Lockheed JC-130B 57-528 recovering a test package and parachute in 1962. The package is probably an expended jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) bottle filled with shot. JATO bottles were often used during flight test recoveries at Edwards AFB./Photo credit: USAF
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