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June 6th, 2013 – Liberty Jump Team with ‘chutes in the air over Angoville-au-Plain Dropzone, Normandy France.  

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Army Reserve Soldiers with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., board a U.S. Army Special Operations Command CASA 212 aircraft during a night airborne operation at Camp Mackall Airfield, N.C., on Mar. … Continue reading

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Special operations jumpers from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment, Green Berets of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Para-rescue Airmen from the Air Force Special Operations Command begin exiting a British C-130 from the Royal Air Force during a high … Continue reading

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U.S. Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron and U.S. Army with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) teamed up for personnel recovery training utilizing alternate infiltration and exfiltration training on Wynnehaven Beach, Fla., April 9, 2013.  The 160th … Continue reading

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British and French paratroopers parachute into Exercise Joint Warrior in Scotland

1,300 troops from 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s rapid reaction force, and 300 French troops from the 11th Parachute Brigade arrived by air in the West Freugh area of Scotland. The exercise scenario tasked them with stabilising an … Continue reading

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