 Five of the nine military personnel on board died.On July 1, 1987, during a capabilities exercise (CAPEX), a USAF C-130E (68-10945 c/n 4325) crashed while performing a LAPES demo at the Sicily Drop Zone, on Fort Bragg.The pilot of the C-130 had performed a LAPES drop with the same extreme rate of descent two days earlier during a practice run.