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D-Day parachute jump scaled down due to lack of aircraft, as RAF bosses scramble to fill gaps
19 May 2024 14:57 GMT
… planned D-Day 80th anniversary parachute drop, as the RAF's … have had to be scaled down due to a lack of … a large-scale multi-plane parachute drop has been limited to a …
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Grant Shapps vows he WILL find more planes for mass parachute drop to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day landings after fury that defence cuts had left just ONE available
19 May 2024 12:04 GMT
… for the commemoration.
The Parachute Regiment had expected to honour … match the Hercules's parachute drop capabilities until 2025.
Former Armed … the Hercules's parachute drop capabilities until 2025
The Paras … but they have let us down.
'The C-130 …
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D-Day 80: Shortage of planes to take part in mass parachute drop for 80th anniversary of D-Day
19 May 2024 11:36 GMT
… take part in the mass parachute drop for the 80th anniversary of … had been left for the Parachute Regiment to use but Defence … A400M and the Red Devils Parachute Display Team will also jump …
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Urgent review as D-Day parachute jump scaled back due to lack of RAF aircraft
19 May 2024 10:56 GMT
… a D-Day 80th anniversary parachute drop as crises in Ukraine and … a large-scale multi-plane parachute drop has been limited to a …
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Negative drug tests recorded for personnel who packed Jack Fitzgibbon parachute before deadly jump
19 May 2024 06:29 GMT
… Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon’s parachute before his tragic death … Fitzgibbon, died in a parachuting accident during routine training in … Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of … died in hospital after the parachuting accident on 7 March. …
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Michael Carrick doubles down on Middlesbrough's promotion ambition amid parachute payments theory
19 May 2024 05:19 GMT
… Championship teams who benefit from parachute payments, with history proving … United will be coming down to the Championship with … will no longer receive parachute payments from this summer … is growing in favour of parachute payment beneficiaries, but those …
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Nashville crews rescue base jumper at rock quarry
19 May 2024 04:07 GMT
… Creek Pike, where a base jumper parachuted and landed on the ledge … equipment to retrieve the base jumper.
The Metro Nashville Police … the rock quarry and his parachute failed to open properly, but … help guide first responders down to the base jumper.
At 10:08 …
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Nashville crews rescue base jumper at rock quarry
19 May 2024 02:47 GMT
… Creek Pike, where a base jumper parachuted and landed on the ledge … equipment to retrieve the base jumper.
The Metro Nashville Police … the rock quarry and his parachute failed to open properly, but … help guide first responders down to the base jumper.
At 10:08 …
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Plans to drop British soldiers over France to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary scaled back because of lack of planes
18 May 2024 23:55 GMT
PLANS to drop British soldiers over France to … a lack of planes.
The Parachute Regiment wanted to send 450 … in Normandy.
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Plans to drop British soldiers over France to … a large-scale multi-plane parachute drop has been limited to a …
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Revealed: Just ONE plane available for mass parachute drop commemorating 80th anniversary of D-Day landings in Normandy - with critics calling it 'an insult to those who made the ultimate sacrifice'
18 May 2024 22:39 GMT
… match the Hercules's parachute drop capabilities until 2025.
Writing for … a large-scale multi-plane parachute drop has been limited to a … but they have let us down.
'The C-130 Hercules … – who took part in a parachute drop on the 50th anniversary of …