Officially titled the "New Year Jump," according to JSDF officials, the drill, which is held at the Narashino Exercise Area in central Japan's Funabashi, is the first Japan-U.S. paratrooper exercise ...

Since the beginning of the war two and a half years ago, the Paratroopers Brigade had not practiced landing a paratrooper force with its heavy equipment in a combat zone using transport aircraft.

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Leapfest, the largest static-line military parachuting competition in the world, is set to kick off in Rhode Island on Aug. 2, 2025. Paratroopers from around the world, including Belgium, Oman, and ...