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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.
By the end of the Vietnam War, he was serving as the command sergeant major of MACV-SOG, an elite covert operations unit, where he conducted the first combat high altitude-low opening (HALO) parachute jump in military history. He left the Army in 1972 with eight Purple Heart medals and a Silver Star.
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.
HALO and HAHO parachute jumps from altitudes of 10,000 ft (3,048 m) to 25,000 ft (7,620 m) Upon completion of the MFFPC, graduates are awarded the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge. A MFFJMC student conducts HAHO operations planning at YPG
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 ...
Four night jumps must also be made during the hours of darkness, one as jumpmaster of a stick. Five mass tactical jumps must be made which culminate in an airborne assault problem with a unit equivalent to a battalion or larger; a separate company/battery; or an organic staff of regimental size or larger.
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