Escort Airdrop

Escort Airdrop is an 18-point Support Strike Chain that appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The Escort Airdrop is called in with a marker grenade, just like a Care Package. A V-22 Osprey will arrive at the location marked by the grenade and hover over it before it begins to drop four Care Package crates and one Explosive Decoy crate, although a 5th Package can be substituted for an Airdrop Trap. Contrary to popular belief, the Care Package crates will contain both Support Strike Package pointstreaks AND Assault Strike Package pointstreaks, however the latter are much more uncommon.

The Osprey will continue to hover over the marked area and will shoot enemies who enter its firing range until a certain time elapses or it is shot down. It is important to remember that the Osprey will hover for a while before dropping the crates, so protecting the area from enemies for a period of time needs to be taken into consideration. The Osprey has two flares it can activate before getting shot down.

Trivia

 * Though uncommon, it is possible to get 5 Care Packages and no Airdrop Trap.