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By Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding, 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published March 12, 2021
Japan Ground Self Defense Force paratroopers line up to load onto a C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, during exercise Airborne 21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 9, 2021. More than 500 JGSDF paratroopers performed a static-line jump at the Combined Arms Training Center Drop Zone Camp Fuji, Japan, making it the largest U.S-Japan personnel drop in the history of the two countries’ alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
A Japan Ground Self Defense Forces paratrooper jumps out of a C-130J Super Hercules C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron during an Airborne 21 exercise, over the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 9, 2021. Airborne 21 was the largest U.S.- Japan airborne operation in history; involving approximately 500 JGSDF paratroopers, 12 C-130s and 134 containment delivery
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US, Japan conduct historic airborne operation
In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12
C-130J Super Hercules for a surge unlike any other on record.
The first day of history in the making for the U.S. and Japan partnership was full of energy, excitement and critical focus.
The
374th Airlift Wing supported the JGSDF, 1st Airborne Brigade, for the largest static-line personnel jump and cargo drop between the U.S. and Japan, for exercise Airborne 21, March 9 to 11.
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