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6TH OPERATION WINTER STORM
Thursday, 31 January 2019 00:00
EPA Extreme-cold weather airborne exercise.On 24-26 January we have run on the beatiful Tatra muntains in Slovakia our traditional winter jump exercise. Paratroopers coming from Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece and United States have joined the EPA staff for the 6th edition of the OPERATION WINTER STORM, the European Paratroopers advanced military parachute jump exercise. The aim of this exercise is to familiarize our members with the parachute jump methods, techniques and tactics used in extreme-cold weather airborne operations by the NATO Airborne and Special Operation Forces.
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European paratroopers boarding a Mil Mi-8 Russian helicopter (NATO code name Hip) during the 6th Operation Winter Storm.
[Picture: EPA, EPA Copyright 2019] |
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