New Year's "First Drop Drill
Narashino Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Division
January 9, 2011, Narashino, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, in a woodland camouflage jacket and a baseball cap, arrives for the new Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, in a woodland camouflage jacket and a baseball cap, arrives for the new year's first airdrop drill by the Ground Self-Defense Force's First Airborne Brigade on the Narashino Training Ground, east of Tokyo, on Sunday, January 9, 2011. About 400 paratroopers and 17 various types of aircraft participated in the annual drip before thousands of spectators. (Photo by Kaku Kurita/AFLO) [3618] -mis-