More than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) paratroopers performed a static-line jump at the Combined Arms Training Center Drop Zone Camp Fuji, Japan on Mar. 9. This is the largest U.S-Japan personnel drop in the history of the two countries’ alliance.
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 cargo airdrop of 134 container delivery system bundles for the JGSDF troops on the ground was carried out two days later.
