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) Continue reading “Japanese and U.S. forces carried out their largest joint airdrop training exercise”
