High altitude combat free fall mission
Shillong: Commandos of Indian Army and Indian Air Force have conducted a High Altitude Combat Free Fall mission in the eastern sector on October 22.
The exercise was held as a part of a joint exercise between the Indian Air Force and Indian Army.
The commandos of Special Forces and IAF’s Garuds carried out free fall mission from IAF’s transport aircraft C-130J.
“Yet another successful operational milestone achieved by Indian Armed Forces,” the Eastern Air Command said in a tweet.
Let’s know about the high-altitude combat free fall exercise?
As a part of a joint exercise between the IAF & Indian Army, a high altitude Combat Free Fall mission was carried out by commandos of Special Forces & Garuds from IAF C-130J ac in the Eastern sector. Yet another successful operational milestone achieved by Indian Armed Forces. pic.twitter.com/U0CLvd0kTr
— Eastern Air Command IAF (@EAC_IAF) October 22, 2022
High-altitude military parachuting, also known as military free fall (MFF), is a way of delivering military troops, equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft by carrying out a parachute jump from a high altitude.
The tactic is also called free-fall parachute insertion.
There are two techniques being used under the method -- HALO (High-Altitude low opening) and HAHO (High-Altitude high opening).
In the HALO technique, the parachute operator opens the parachute at a low altitude after free-falling for a duration of time while in the HAHO technique, the parachute operator opens the parachute at a high altitude just a few seconds after jumping from the aircraft.
