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A parachutist who completes an airborne jump into a combat zone is authorized to wear a combat jump device on their Parachutist Badge, turning it into a Combat Parachutist Badge. The device consists of a star or arrangements of stars, indicating the number of combat jumps (up to five) conducted by the paratrooper. [ 10 ]
The United States Parachutist Badge (also commonly referred to as "Jump Wings") is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces. After making five more jumps in a jump billet, members of the Navy and Marine Corps are authorized to wear the gold wings of Naval and Marine parachutists in lieu of their initial award of the Basic Parachutist ...
According to current regulations, an additional gray border can be added, 1:6 the size of the field, if the insignia is displayed on a white or red background. Between the 1960s and 1980s the checkerboard (usually rotated 45 degrees) was also painted on turrets and hulls of Polish Army tanks and APCs. This tradition has since been discontinued.
The gull wing, also known as Polish wing or Puławski wing, is an aircraft wing configuration with a prominent bend in the wing inner section towards the wing root. Its name is derived from the seabirds which it resembles and from the Polish aircraft designer Zygmunt Puławski who started using this design in his planes.
The 1st (Polish) Independent Parachute Brigade was a parachute infantry brigade of the Polish Armed Forces in the West under the command of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, created in September 1941 during the Second World War and based in Scotland.
No. 133 (Polish) (Fighter) Wing RAF is a former Royal Air Force wing that was operational during the Second World War, mainly staffed by Polish personnel as part of the Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain. The unit was previously No. 1 Polish Wing RAF which became No. 133 Airfield Headquarters (Polish) RAF during 1943.
Aircraft Origin Role Variant Quantity Notes Image Fixed wing aircraft Eurofighter or F-15EX: Air dominance fighter — 32 [1]A330 MRTT or KC-46: Aerial refueling and multi-role transport
The wing's small size and unique design give it a much smaller glide ratio making it more suitable to fly close to the slope. [23] The smaller size also allows the wing to be flown in windier environments, and minimizes weight for hiking. [24] The speed glider flies at speeds of 20 to 95 mph versus a paraglider's 12 to 50 mph. [9]