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  2. High-altitude military parachuting - Wikipedia

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    United States Air Force Pararescuemen jump at half the height of a typical HALO/HAHO insertion 2eme REP Legionnaires HALO jump from a C-160.. High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion.

  3. Talk:High-altitude military parachuting - Wikipedia

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    So in a HALO jump from truly high altitude with the jumpers intentionally assume a streamlined vertical posture with tight limbs for most the fall to minimize time exposed, so fall speeds are often well above 200 mph. (Remember the world record dive from above 100,000 ft approached local speed of sound at altitude.

  4. Military Freefall Parachutist Badge - Wikipedia

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    To earn the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, the military member first must receive all necessary ground training, already have earned the Military Parachutist Badge (jump-qualified), and must have completed the requisite freefall (night, combat equipment, oxygen) jumps and graduate from the Military Free-Fall Parachutist Course. [4]

  5. Veterans set record for high-altitude jump at Mt. Everest - AOL

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    Led by former Seal Fred Williams and former Navy Seal Admiral Bob Harward, the jump took place at Mount Everest at 20,000 feet. Veterans set record for high-altitude jump at Mt. Everest Skip to ...

  6. HALO jump - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 25 September 2013, at 18:01 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. United States Army Jumpmaster School - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army Jumpmaster School trains personnel in the skills necessary to jumpmaster a combat-equipped jump and the proper attaching, jumping, and releasing of combat and individual equipment while participating in an actual jump that is proficient in the duties and responsibilities of the Jumpmaster and Safety; procedures for rigging individual equipment containers and door bundles ...

  8. List of HALO/HAHO jump capable units - Wikipedia

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    Para-SAR during an exercise. Brazilian Navy. GRUMEC Combat Divers Groupment; Brazilian Marine Corps. COMANF Special Operations Battalion; Brazilian Army. 1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos 1st Commando Actions Battalion

  9. Project Excelsior - Wikipedia

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    Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the stratosphere.The purpose was to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system intended to be used by pilots ejecting from high altitude.