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Sgt. 1st Class Donshay Morning, 84th Engineer Support Company, checks the wind speed shortly before a jump at Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Winds of less than 13 knots are needed to safely execute an airborne mission. If cond...
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Paratroopers descend to Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, after performing an exit technique called the "mass exit", with aircraft in a trail formation. While relatively close together on the descent, jumpers are trained ...
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A paratrooper lands in the snow on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska's Malamute Drop Zone. The execution of a safe and fluid parachute landing fall is essential to a successful airborne mission. The parachute landing fall technique is designed ...
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