12/31/2016

Narashino 1st Airborne Brigade (Chiba)

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A new year exhibiton of the JGSDF 1st Airborne Brigade is annually held in Narashino, Chiba.
The JGSDF 1st Airborne Brigade is the only paratroops in JSDF.      ↓C-130

video (22 sec)  Parachute descent from a military transport aircraft C-130

A parachute descent exercises is open to the public every January in Narashino.




video (25 sec)       Parachute descent from a military transport aircraft C-130




Parachute for free fall, MC-4



Military transport aircraft C-1     Parachute descent is approximately performed at 340m high and 210 km/h of aircraft speed.

video (22 sec)      Parachute descent from a military transport aircraft C-1


video (40 sec)         Parachute descent from a military transport aircraft C-1




The mission of the 1st Airborne Brigade is to carry out a strategy, by moving by aircrafts, by descending manpower and materials with parachute.

Descending from medium-sized helicopter UH-1H

Large-sized helicopter CH-47

video (16 sec)     CH-47 brings down materials to the ground.



video (50 sec)    CH-47 is transporting an operational vehicle.



Rappelling from CH-47




Paratroopers expand on the ground and attack enemy.


Military vehicles of the 1st Airborne  Brigade

Armored vehicles

PAC-3 launcher, M902

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