New Year "Start of Descent Training
Narashino Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade
January 9, 2011, Narashino, Japan - Helicopters fly in formation during the new year's first airdrop droll by the Japanese 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-