MIL-HDBK-669, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANBOOK: LOADING ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATFORM RIGGED AIRDROP MATERIAL (03 FEB 1997) [SUPERSED
MIL-HDBK-669, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANBOOK: LOADING ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATFORM RIGGED AIRDROP MATERIAL (03 FEB 1997) [SUPERSEDING MIL-STD-669B]., This handbook defines the loading environments for which items of military materiel experience when airdropped as platform loads, specifies essential design considerations, and establishes a method to obtain a preliminary determination of the capability of items of military material to withstand ground impace forces resulting from and airdrop.