Canadian Army
25 November 2012
Edmonton, Alberta
Jump Masters Sergeant Lorne Ford and Sergeant Daniel Jenkins help Load Master Warrant Officer Paul Makarchuk bringing back static lines inside the plane after 3PPCLI members had jumped out of a CC-177 Globemaster during an exercise called Pegasus Spear.
Exercise Pegasus Spear was a training event focusing on the parachuting skills of members of the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI). It enabled over 120 parachute-qualified soldiers, military freefall soldiers and jump masters to hone their skills in airborne operations from a CC-177. This exercise was also significant as it was the first time members from 3PPCLI were dispatched from the RCAF largest aircraft.
429 (Transport) Squadron is the purveyor of strategic airlift for Canada. Since August 2007, the squadron has been flying the CC-177 Globemaster III. 8 Wing Trenton has been home base to the Bisons since 1990 and has performed a wide range of air transport roles on behalf of Canada - everything from delivering humanitarian aid to disaster zones around the world to ferrying supplies and Canadian troops in Afghanistan. ..
Canadian Forces Combat Camera photo by : Sgt Gaétan Racine
© 2012 DND-MDN Canada
Canadian Army
25 November 2012
Edmonton, Alberta
Jump Masters Sergeant Lorne Ford and Sergeant Daniel Jenkins help Load Master Warrant Officer Paul Makarchuk bringing back static lines inside the plane after 3PPCLI members had jumped out of a CC-177 Globemaster during an exercise called Pegasus Spear.
Exercise Pegasus Spear was a training event focusing on the parachuting skills of members of the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI). It enabled over 120 parachute-qualified soldiers, military freefall soldiers and jump masters to hone their skills in airborne operations from a CC-177. This exercise was also significant as it was the first time members from 3PPCLI were dispatched from the RCAF largest aircraft.
429 (Transport) Squadron is the purveyor of strategic airlift for Canada. Since August 2007, the squadron has been flying the CC-177 Globemaster III. 8 Wing Trenton has been home base to the Bisons since 1990 and has performed a wide range of air transport roles on behalf of Canada - everything from delivering humanitarian aid to disaster zones around the world to ferrying supplies and Canadian troops in Afghanistan. ..
Canadian Forces Combat Camera photo by : Sgt Gaétan Racine
© 2012 DND-MDN Canada