JGSDF, PACAF integrate for static-line jump demonstrations during Friendship Festival 2024

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force paratroopers with the 1st Airborne Brigade conduct a static-line jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules

240519-N-ZZ099-1001.JPG Photo By: U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe

240519-F-PM645-3499 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - (May 19, 2024) Japan Ground Self-Defense Force paratroopers with the 1st Airborne Brigade conduct a static-line jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2024 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 19, 2024. The JGSDF 1st Airborne brigade conducted HALO and static-line jump demonstration to show their capabilities during the festival. The festival is aimed at increasing bilateral relationships between U.S. and Japanese communities and allows people to see U.S. and Japanese military capabilities first-hand. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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