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EPA's Basic Airborne Course.On 05-09 of June the EPA’s Military Training Center - Airborne Division have conducted in Czech Republic the 2nd EPA Basic Airborne Course 2014 exclusively reserved to the Danish Armed Forces personnel. Our Basic Airborne Course is designed to give our members, who are not yet airborne qualified, the opportunity to qualify as military parachutists and earn their airborne wings. During the 5 days of training the soldiers with 1st Platoon Royal Danish Hussars received an intensive parachute training in reference to the military standards by highly qualified airborne instructors coming from the NATO countries’ Armed Forces and performed parachute SL descents with MC1-1C military round parachutes out Antonov AN-2 airplane. All the 15 Danish Army students upon have performed the 3 required parachute jumps were awarded the Czech and European parachutist wings by the host Unit's responsible Training Officers.
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EPA President, Lt. Col. G. Festa conduct a jumpmaster personnel inspection on a Danish Army student at EPA Airborne School.
MAJ E. Wilowska, EPA Copyright 2014] |