19.01.2012                      24.Tewet. 5772

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After 15 years: IDF brigade-level parachute jump

Skill viewed as critical ahead of future conflicts where fighting could be far from Israel.

In preparation for future conflicts far from Israel, the IDF Paratroopers Brigade held a brigade-level parachute jump late Tuesday night, the first time the military has conducted such an exercise in close to two decades.
The last time such a drill was held was over 15 years ago, even though soldiers in the Paratroopers Brigade, as well as some other IDF units, continue to undergo parachuting training on a regular basis….