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Originally Posted by uboat509
We are getting ready to transition to them here but I will be gone before they get them. I am on my way to Carson this summer. I have heard a lot of stories from guys in the unit who were in Carson about how much "fun" it is to jump at 6000 feet above sea level. Some of the guys were saying that, prior to the SF10, they stopped jumping at Carson for the most part and took trips to lower ground to jump whenever they could.
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Yes we did almost stop jumping at Carson- to a point. He had to stop jumping high performance A/C because we were ripping Chutes up. The A/C couldn't slow down because of the air, well I was told that. We were jump at the top of the Jump "Envelope". I remember on one jump, we were jumping Sullivan DZ and my Sr Wpn (6'3") got "thrown" into his risers. That why we taped up our Raichle or open hook boots. Well, he fought his way out and land okay. I remember we stopped jumping C-130s shortly after that jump. We started to jump NG CH-47 from Denver (Buckley AAF), but with the wind that would kick up or rain or something we wouldn't jump much. The CH-47 never got they till almost 0830. I remember going out for 15 straight weekend to get a jump. We had to jump weekends becuz of NG. For two months we would try to jumps Sat & Sun mornings. Showing up at 0530 till 1200ish. By 1000 we could jump because of the wind coming off the mtns would pick up. The sun does so wired things, and thank God for the 4-jump rule.
Yes, we started to fly down to Nevada to jump from Nellis AFB; Desert Rock or Springs DZ. Sometime we had some good over nighters. Vegas being right their and all, good times were had. We also went to Fort McCoy, WI for jumps and a JM course.