Indian, US Paratroopers make helicopter jump

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the Indian army's 50th Independent Para Brigade exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, May 15, above St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C. The jump was part of Yudh Abhyas, ... ... READ MORE

An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade removes his reserve parachute, May 15, after landing on St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., during a jump with paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Com... ... READ MORE

Pfc. Habeeb H. Almashala, an infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, walks off St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, with Spc. Roop Kishor, a paratrooper with the Indian army's 50th Independent Para Bri... ... READ MORE

Sgt. Bajrang Lal Shekhawat, a paratrooper with the Indian army's 50th Independent Para Brigade prepares to pack his parachute after landing on St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15. Indian paratroopers jumped from a CH-47 Chinook heli... ... READ MORE

Indian and U.S. Army paratroopers "buddy rig" into parachute harnesses for a jump from CH47 Chinook helicopters May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers are assigned to the Indian Army 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S. Army, 82nd ... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade is helped into a T11 parachute by a U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers are preparing fo... ... READ MORE

Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, commander of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, inspects the parachute of an Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade prior to an airborne operation May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The cavalry regim... ... READ MORE

Indian and U.S. Army paratroopers chat while waiting for CH47 Chinook helicopters to pick them up for an airborne operation May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers are assigned to the Indian Army 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S.... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division and the Indian Army 50th Independent Para Brigade exit from a CH47 Chinook helicopter May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The airborne operation is part of annual bilateral training between the ... ... READ MORE

First Lt. Andrew McCornack, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, rehearses actions aboard the aircraft with his "chalk" of paratroopers prior to making a jump from a CH47 Chinook helicopter May 15, 2013, at Fort Bra... ... READ MORE

A jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team waits for a CH47 Chinook helicopter to land so that he can load his "chalk" of paratroopers aboard for a training jump May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The chalk included Indian... ... READ MORE

Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team load a CH47 Chinook helicopter for a training jump May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The training is... ... READ MORE

Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team load a CH47 Chinook helicopter for a training jump May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The training is... ... READ MORE

Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team load a CH47 Chinook helicopter for a training jump May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The training is... ... READ MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, signals paratroopers aboard a CH47 Chinook helicopter to stand up to prepare to jump May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The training is part of Y... ... READ MORE

Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team check their equipment one last time before exiting a CH47 Chinook helicopter during an airborne opera... ... READ MORE

Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team verify to the jumpmaster that their equipment is ready before exiting a CH47 Chinook helicopter durin... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper smiles before jumping from a CH47 Chinook helicopter with paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team during an airborne training operation May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The training is part o... ... READ MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, looks for visual cues that his CH47 Chinook helicopter is approaching the drop zone so that he can ready the paratroopers aboard May 15, 2013, at... ... READ MORE

First Lt. Andrew McCornack, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, moves down the ramp of a CH47 Chinook helicopter to exit the aircraft May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Also aboard are Indian Army paratroopers with... ... READ MORE

First Lt. Andrew McCornack, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, exits a CH47 Chinook helicopter May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Also parachuting were Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Briga... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade prepares to exit a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 15, 2... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade exits a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 15, 2013, at For... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade exits a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 15, 2013, at For... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division using the Army's new T11 parachutes land on St. Mere Eglise drop zone during an airborne training operation May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Also jumping were paratroopers with the Indian Army'... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Manning, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, lands on St. Mere Eglise drop zone during an airborne training operation May 15, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Also jumping were paratroopers with the Indian Army's ... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, a cavalry squadron commander with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team presents American jump wings to Capt. Arya Nimit, a paratrooper with the Indian army's 50th Independent Para Brigade, May 15, on... ... READ MORE