HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Air Commandos attended Parachute Survival Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
During the training, students learned how the parachute functions, how to inspect equipment, how to fit the parachute, and how to do corrective procedures if something happens to the parachute to make it not function properly.
Here is a pictorial of the event.
Air Commandos attend Parachute Survival Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. During the training, students learned how the parachute functions, how to inspect equipment, how to fit the parachute and how to do corrective procedures if something happens to the parachute to make it not function properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven Nelson, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, teaches students how to do corrective procedures for their parachutes during Emergency Parachute Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The training is required every three years for certain Air Force Specialty Codes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)Members of the 1st Special Operations Wing fit a parachute to their body during Emergency Parachute Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The training is required every three years for certain Air Force Specialty Codes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)Air Commandos practice how to properly land on the ground after deploying their parachute during Emergency Parachute Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. During the training, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists teach students how the parachute functions, how to inspect equipment, how to fit the parachute, and how to do corrective procedures if something happens to the parachute to make it not function properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Carroll, a 4th Special Operations Squadron assistant operations officer, practices doing a corrective procedure for his parachute during Emergency Parachute Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The training is required every three years for certain Air Force Specialty Codes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven Nelson, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape specialist, lowers an airman to the ground during Emergency Parachute Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. During the training, students learned how the parachute functions, how to inspect equipment, how to fit the parachute, and how to do corrective procedures if something happens to the parachute to make it not function properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven Nelson, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, trains Air Commandos on the different functions of a parachute during Emergency Parachute Training, Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The training is required every three years for certain Air Force Specialty Codes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)
By Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney, 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
