YOU BETTER JUMP!

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YOU BETTER JUMP!
16 Oct 2013 | OPS & TRAINING

YOU BETTER JUMP!

STORY // Sherlyn Quek
PHOTO // Chua Soon Lye & Simon Koh




There are those who might doubt the sanity of jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft, but for these Basic Airborne Course trainees, it's all part and parcel of earning the coveted parachutist wings. See these budding paratroopers take the plunge in the second of our two-part mini-series.

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