Get ready to jump!

Rows of reserve parachutes are lined up on the floor of Building 539, waiting to be put on by British service personnel from the 23 Engineer Regiment, Woodbridge, Suffolk. The British personnel were at RAF Mildenhall June 22 to train with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, and jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130. They were doing this in order to earn their American jump wings. In return, members from the 321st STS got the chance to jump with their United Kingdom counterparts, when they jumped from a British aircraft June 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)

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Lt. Keith McDougall, 2 Troop commander, 9 Parachute Squadron, Woodbridge, checks his parachute is in order before putting it on June 22. Lieutenant McDougall was at RAF Mildenhall with other British members of the 23 Engineer Regiment, to experience jumping from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H. They used American equipment and parachutes for the jump, and reciprocated when U.S. military members from RAF Mildenhall joined them for a parachute jump from a British aircraft June 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)

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Staff Sgt. Kendrick Passey, second right, 321st Special Tactics Squadron, helps members from the 23 Engineer Regiment, Woodbridge, Suffolk, check straps of the parachutes they were using to do a jump from one of the U.S. Air Force's MC-130H aircraft June 22. The British military members were at RAF Mildenhall to earn their American jump wings, so they used parachutes belonging to the 321st STS, and jumped with Airmen from the 7th Special Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)

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Corporal Phil Askey, left, has his straps checked by Lance Corporal Josh Boggi, both 9 Parachute Squadron, 23 Engineer Regiment, Woodbridge, after fitting a parachute. The British military members were at RAF Mildenhall to take part in a parachute jump from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H to earn their American jump wings. They jumped with members from the 7th Special Operations Squadron using parachutes belonging to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photos/Karen Abeyasekere)

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British military members from the 23 Engineer Regiment head out onto the flightline at RAF Mildenhall June 22, to await the arrival of an MC-130H. They were here working with the U.S. Air Force, to earn their American jump wings, and used parachutes belonging to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron. The British regiment jumped with personnel from the 7th Special Operations Squadron, and in return, members from RAF Mildenhall got to jump from a British aircraft June 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)

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British military members from the 23 Engineer Regiment head out onto the flightline at RAF Mildenhall June 22, to await the arrival of an MC-130H. They were here working with the U.S. Air Force, to earn their American jump wings, and used parachutes belonging to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron. The British regiment jumped with personnel from the 7th Special Operations Squadron, and in return, members from RAF Mildenhall got to jump from a British aircraft June 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)

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Get ready to jump!

Published July 2, 2010