Jumping into the sky over Estonia, British paratroopers train for a confrontation with Russia
by Kim Sengupta
May 12, 2024
3 minutes
The paratroopers floated down after springing out of the C-17 Globemaster aircraft under a deep blue sky into swirling winds as they descended a thousand feet into a vast barren field before regrouping under treeline cover for the mission ahead.
The air assault by and American forces for frontline combat as part of ’s largest ever exercise since the end of the Cold War, aimed at confronting in a European security landscape fractured by the War.
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