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Paratroop battalion of 350 people on the night of Friday, landed on the landing pad "Temp" on the New Siberian Islands - for the first time in Russian history.
Battalion Landing Ivanovo 98th Airborne Division with IL-76 was held at 03.30 MSK. 15 minutes before dropping the main group to the site on a parachute platform delivered the necessary cargo and military equipment. Personnel on shore with guided parachute systems of special purpose "Crossbow».
Airborne Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Evgeny Meshkov told reporters that for about 40 minutes after the landing of paratroopers "captured" the airfield, and they opposed a conditional enemy mobile groups snowmobiling and paragliding. In the future, less than an hour later, the paratroopers were ready to take on a captured airfield aircraft military transport aircraft the Air Force with the main forces of troops, heavy equipment and weapons.
Told Meshkov, paratroopers battalion during the stay in the Arctic are provided with hot food, which has deployed a field kitchen, and the teams operating in isolation from the main forces, issued kitchen sets. "With this three times a day paratroopers receive two hot meals and tea," - said Meshkov.
In the Far North, and the personnel is given additional food, in particular, fruit compote, chocolate and sweets and sandwiches with sausage or bacon.

RIA Novosti

"You can be proud of our paratroopers, who in any environment to solve tasks. With such bad weather nobody in the world except us a parachute does not jump "- Vladimir Shamanov - The commander of the Russian Airborne Troops - & quot; ... wind speed in landing from aircraft is 10 meters per second near the ground and 12 - at altitude, while During the exercise, it reached 12-14, and over 15 meters per second, respectively, & quot;

RIA Novosti

Sam served in explosives, but always envied white envy VDV-Schnick. Respect, guys !!!



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