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    High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military...
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    Air Force personnel as high-altitude military parachute specialists. To earn the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, the military member first must receive...
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    maximum altitude of about 42.3 km (26.3 mi). Fédération Aéronautique Internationale High-altitude balloon High-altitude military parachuting High-altitude platform...
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    Modern militaries utilize parachuting for the deployment of airborne forces and supplies. Special operations forces commonly employ parachuting, especially...
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    (without a static line) from the desired altitude. Some use high-altitude military parachuting, also deploying manually. Many countries have one or several...
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    repeatedly parachuted a small arboreal monkey from his balloon. Meanwhile, Maud DeHaven and Richard P. Hill had parachuting dogs. The exploits of parachuting balloonist...
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    The low-altitude parachute-extraction system (LAPES) / Low-level parachute extraction resupply system (LOLEX) is a tactical military airlift delivery method...
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    are specially qualified in parachuting, including High-altitude military parachuting and are assigned to the parachuting section are awarded the GSG9's...
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    Kopasgat (category Military units and formations established in 1947)
    rescue, jumpmaster, airborne, ground-forward air control and high-altitude military parachuting. They also can operate as Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) in...
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    Utti Jaeger Regiment (category Military units and formations established in 1997)
    receive specializations later, such as sniper, vehicle, high-altitude military parachuting, military intelligence or forward air control training. Those chosen...
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    High altitude breathing apparatus is a breathing apparatus which allows a person to breathe more effectively at an altitude where the partial pressure...
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    The High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) is a defence service training and research establishment of the Indian Army. In 1948, the Indian Army established...
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    amphibious insertion onto a beach Maritime Raid Force conduct military freefall parachute operations from a UH-60 Black Hawk Maritime Raid Force, 31st...
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  • initially took off. Equations for a falling body G-force High-altitude military parachuting Reduced-gravity aircraft Terminal velocity Weightlessness...
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    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed...
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  • Pete consults a U.S. Navy high-altitude military parachuting instructor who confirms that he and his team have parachuted from that height and speed...
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    marketed to the sport parachuting community. Ram-air parafoils are steerable (as are most canopies used for sport parachuting), and have two layers of...
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    face shields which is an offshoot of the tech developed for high-altitude military parachuting. Setco from Mumbai is producing sealants developed for submarines...
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    The RA-1 Military Free-Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System (MFF ARAPS) provides a multi-mission, high-altitude parachute delivery system that allows...
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  • Dare Wilson (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
    ended his military career as Director of Army Aviation. He was instrumental in introducing attack helicopters and high-altitude military parachuting to the...
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    High-altitude balloons or stratostats are usually uncrewed balloons typically filled with helium or hydrogen and released into the stratosphere, generally...
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    Special Forces (Maldives) (category Military of the Maldives)
    Commandos of Sri Lanka. All SF operatives are mandated to master High-altitude military parachuting, demolition, endurance training, para training and advanced...
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    ATP-33 B Airborne gun High-altitude military parachuting List of airborne artillery units List of paratrooper forces Pathfinder (military) "Founders Online:...
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  • Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, and being the sole survivor of a five man high-altitude military parachuting team's failed attempt to destroy an Iraqi chemical weapons...
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    John K. Singlaub (category Military personnel from California)
    of station in Seoul where he was the first to demonstrate high-altitude military parachuting. As a master parachutist he to wanted to use bomber aircraft...
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    Joint Precision Airdrop System (category American military aviation)
    Delivery drone Loadmaster Pathfinder (military) Airborne forces Paratrooper Static line High-altitude military parachuting Kurle, USAF, Maj. David (September...
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    the Russian Airborne Forces to perform the world's first high-altitude military parachuting (HALO) paradrop from the lower border of the Arctic stratosphere...
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  • provides training in parachuting techniques, develops parachute doctrine and techniques and conducts trial-evaluations of parachute systems and associated...
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    Gerak Khas (Malaysian Army unit) (category Military counterterrorist organizations)
    Small unit patrol Close-quarters combat Parachuting High-altitude military parachuting Pathfinder Parachute rigger Small boat operations Underwater diving...
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    Felix Baumgartner (category Flight altitude record holders)
    Associated Press. Retrieved 25 July 2012. "Record ID 16670, Parachuting – Exit altitude Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique...
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