text: Chapter 6
  DANGER
  Never allow personnel and bundles to exit the aircraft at the
  same time.
  6-6. For container deliver system (CDS) and heavy equipment, the time requirement is already
  factored into the minimum computed air release point (CARP) DZ sizes found in AFI 13-217.
  METHODS OF DELIVERY
  6-7. The type of airdrop determines method of delivery. The three methods are low-velocity,
  high-velocity, and free-drop trips. The method then normally determines the location of the control center.
  Table 6-5 shows the minimum airdrop altitudes, by aircraft, load, and parachute type.
  USAF Fixed-Wing Aircraft: Door Bundles
  Type of Parachute Altitude for C-5, C-17, and C-141 Altitude for C-130
  G-14 300 feet AGL 300 feet AGL
  T-10 cargo 300 feet AGL 400 feet AGL
  C-5, C-17, C-141: Container Delivery System
  Type of Parachute Number Parachutes or Containers Airdrop Altitude
  Planning drop altitude NA 600 feet AGL
  G-12D Single canopy 1 to 6 containers 475 feet AGL
  7 or more containers 575 feet AGL
  2 or 3 parachutes 525 feet AGL
  G-12E Single canopy 1 to 40 containers (130 425 feet AGL
  KIAS)
  Single canopy 1 to 40 containers (140 375 feet AGL
  to 150 KIAS)
  2 or 3 parachutes 550 feet AGL
  G-14 1 or 2 containers 300 feet AGL
  3 containers 400 feet AGL
  12- to 22-foot NA 100 feet plus vertical distance for the
  high-velocity ring-slot load being drop
  parachute
  26-foot high-velocity NA 100 feet plus vertical distance for the
  ring-slot parachute load being drop
  SATB-C NA See parachute type being simulated
  Table 6-5. Minimum aerial delivery altitudes.