Of my youth and I wondered if the powers-that-be ever contemplated an air-to-ground version for the mud movers to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/genie.htm
http://www.hill.af.mil/library.../factsheet.asp?id=5730
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/genie.htm
http://www.hill.af.mil/library.../factsheet.asp?id=5730