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First Parachute Jump: 64 Airborne troops from all four Battalions of the Parachute Regiment and 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, flew from RAF Brize Norton this frosty morning to complete their first parachute descent on to the DZ at RAF Weston-on-the-Green in Oxfordshire. Jumping at 1,000 feet from the rear ramp of a Skyvan in sticks of four using the Low Level Parachute (LLP), carrying a reserve and container. Over the next week and a half, they will complete four descents, including a nigh