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JJ_BPK
12-14-2014, 10:39
Must have been a hell of a jump..
Is the 82nd now leg?


82nd Airborne integrates with USAFWS for JFE 14B
Posted 12/11/2014 Updated 12/11/2014
by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

12/11/2014 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Approximately 100 aircraft, including more than 50 C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster IIIs, teamed up with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to execute the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B Dec. 6 on the Nevada Test and Training Range.

Before more than 100 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne could descend onto the exercise's objective area on the NTTR to gain control of the land, Weapons School students were responsible for seizing control of the air from the "enemy" forces of the 64th Aggressor Squadron. Overall, more than 1,000 personnel, including six general officers, and $8.7 billion in assets were involved in the exercise.

http://www.18af.amc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123434127

SF_BHT
12-14-2014, 10:55
Overall, more than 1,000 personnel, including six general officers, and $8.7 billion in assets were involved in the exercise.


So now it takes 1 general to command every 166 troops?

That is a small amount of paratroopers for such a large scale AF exercise.

The Reaper
12-14-2014, 14:22
So now it takes 1 general to command every 166 troops?

That is a small amount of paratroopers for such a large scale AF exercise.

That is all of the force they will be able to support with CAS once the A-10s are gone.

TR

twistedsquid
12-14-2014, 18:50
That is all of the force they will be able to support with CAS once the A-10s are gone.

TR

Fuckin' A.

PRB
12-14-2014, 20:14
That is all of the force they will be able to support with CAS once the A-10s are gone.

TR

I believe the A -10's were saved in this last budget plan by some Republicans.

twistedsquid
12-14-2014, 20:26
I believe the A -10's were saved in this last budget plan by some Republicans.

Fuckin' A!

SF_BHT
12-14-2014, 21:21
I believe the A -10's were saved in this last budget plan by some Republicans.

They were but I think it was only 1-2 years.... Then they will try again

Box
12-14-2014, 22:02
two jumpers per c-130 ?

Golf1echo
12-14-2014, 23:43
Here is another mention: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/24-c-130s-elephant-walk-for-the-usafs-joint-forcible-en-1670660134

MR2
12-15-2014, 06:19
Towards the bottom of the above linked article are some pictures of static line jumpers under canopy. What kind of parachute is that? Another picture shows both rounds and squares - are they jumpers and do they mix parachutes types in sticks? The very last picture shows a static line jumpmaster with the new (to me) reserve, an ALICE ruck, and weapons container - I thought the ALICE was gone and how prevalent is the weapons carriers use today?

The Reaper
12-15-2014, 08:37
Towards the bottom of the above linked article are some pictures of static line jumpers under canopy. What kind of parachute is that? Another picture shows both rounds and squares - are they jumpers and do they mix parachutes types in sticks? The very last picture shows a static line jumpmaster with the new (to me) reserve, an ALICE ruck, and weapons container - I thought the ALICE was gone and how prevalent is the weapons carriers use today?

T-11 parachute with the T-11R reserve. This is the odd square pillow looking parachute in the photos. It is the replacement for the T-10.

I believe that the MC-5 Static Line/Free-Fall Ram Air Parachute System (SL/FF RAPS) is the static line square you see.

Gear looks typical for the 82nd.

TR

MR2
12-15-2014, 10:10
Thanks TR. Pillow is a good description.

JJ_BPK
12-15-2014, 10:16
TR

The use of a ram-air canopy and static line, sounds kinda squirrelly.

Is that combo use very often?

The Reaper
12-15-2014, 10:36
TR

The use of a ram-air canopy and static line, sounds kinda squirrelly.

Is that combo use very often?

That is how the Colonel from 18th Airborne Corps killed himself recently.

You have a lot more airspeed to hurt yourself while you learn how to flare and land, but IMHO, it has turned into a VIP rig.

TR

Richard
12-15-2014, 11:26
I believe that the MC-5 Static Line/Free-Fall Ram Air Parachute System (SL/FF RAPS) is the static line square you see.

Pic #15 from the 18th AF article.

"U.S Army Long Range Surveillance paratroopers and a U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller preform a High Altitude Low Opening jump during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B over the Nevada Test and Training Range Dec. 4, 2014."

Richard

The Reaper
12-15-2014, 13:05
Pic #15 from the 18th AF article.

"U.S Army Long Range Surveillance paratroopers and a U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller preform a High Altitude Low Opening jump during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B over the Nevada Test and Training Range Dec. 4, 2014."

Richard

That is clearly an MFF jump.

The pic I presumed that he was referring to was the mixed ram air and round parachute pass.

TR