New Year "Start of Descent Training
Narashino Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade
January 9, 2011, Narashino, Japan Paratroopers from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's First Airborne Brigade makes jump from a C-1 About 400 paratroopers and 17 various types of aircraft, including a C-1, were on the ground during the new year's first airdrop drill on the Narashino Training Ground, east of Tokyo, on Sunday, January 9, 2011. 400 paratroopers and 17 various types of aircraft participated in the annual drip before thousands of spectators. (Photo by Kaku Kurita/AFLO) [3618] - mis- mis-