5TH RTB CH-47 CHINOOK AIRBORNE JUMP 

i was worried watching that haha

Noticed that - plus he didn't hold into the wind based upon the smoke.

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Yes sir! He’s been there since Easter and has 3 jumps in and he loves it!!

Nothing like it on Earth

Eyes on the horizon……

Hollywood? Did you not seem him lower his ruck?

Chinook jumps were a walk in the park! Didn't know that they still were using the old chutes.

(Static line jumps) The yellow cord is the Static Line. It automatically pulls the chute out and then breaks off after exceeding the distance (I’m not 100% sure, but the yellow cord is secured to the top of the canopy by some rigging set up, I’m gonna assume it includes rubber bands so it can snap away). The reserve is the only parachute you can pull to deploy (red handle by the abdomen) Free fall jumps require a manual pull/deploy by the jumper for the main parachute

Feet and knees together!!!!!!!!

😂feet not together and looked like he slipped into the wind

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Yup, pretty much, that landing did not look particularly rough actually. It would have been better had his feet and knees stayed together. All PLFs are actually JFL anyway LOL

@1.21 Gigawatts Still using T-10's when I was in,are these new ones any better?

Typically 1500m

Because their knees hurt. hahahahahaha

It's not rare at all. It just depends what unit/base you are jumping at.

Airborne operations are antiquated and not used in actual combat anymore. However, while sure, the CH-47 can land quickly, it would be vulnerable to enemy fire while dropping off the personnel, this gets the bird in and out of the airspace as quickly as possible while delivering a fast reaction force.