Military jump schools

[Raider]

What are the differances from basic jump school, advanced jump school, and military free fall school?

[Jo]

Originally posted by Raider:
What are the differances from basic jump school, advanced jump school, and military free fall school?
There is no such thing as advanced jump school. Your advance training comes from the School of Hard Knocks..or should I say Landings. Jump school is learning how to fall down, exiting the aircraft and jumping. I don't know anything about military freefall school.

[LPalli]

I don't know too much about this...
but I know the Air Force has the freefall school and i think the army still has HALO and HAHO or something schools.

------------------
LPalli
USMA

[E19]

Raider,

The basic Airborne Course teaches the basic skills of military static line parachuting.
Completion of the course including five jumps earns the Parachutist Badge (jumpwings). This course is run by the Infantry School at Ft Benning

The Jumpmaster Course is teaches
the experienced jumper the advanced skills necessary to be in charge (jumpmaster) of the jumpers in an aircraft. Without the GO signal from the jumpmaster will be no jump. Completion of a jumpmaster course is one of requirements to earn Senior Jumpwings and Master Jumpwings. This course is for static line jumps only and is run by various units.

The Military Free Fall Course teaches the skills for MFF jumps. This course is run by the Army Special Warfare School at Ft Bragg & Ft Juachuca AZ

[This message has been edited by E19 (edited 04-17-2000).]

[PathfinderJr3325]

Correct me if I am wrong, but don't USAF academy cadets wear Army jump wings for completing their skydiving program??

Two friends at the academy (class of '03) have yet to get back to me on this, but a
Discovery Channel special seems to prove me correct.

[MFFJM]

The 82nd Airborne division runs the ADVANCED AIRBORNE SCHOOL at Ft Bragg... it teaches qualified soldiers how to be static line jumpmasters. MFF is similar to civilian skydiving.... but kicked up a few notches.

[whisky_8]

Pathfinder,
The USAFA in Colorado Springs teaches a basic airborne course of sorts. The cadets do 5 jumps using the USPA AFF POI and then are awarded USAF Jump Wings. Completion of this course does not really qualify them as Parachutist by Army standard, but the cadets are awarded the wings.

W*

[whisky_8]

Pathfinder,
The USAFA in Colorado Springs teaches a basic airborne course of sorts. The cadets do 5 jumps using the USPA AFF POI and then are awarded USAF Jump Wings. Completion of this course does not really qualify them as Parachutist by Army standard, but the cadets are awarded the wings.

W8

[LRSC Grunt]

MFFJM,
Ive heard that MFF jumps can be logged into civilian skydiving jumps but can civilian skydiving jumps be logged into MFF jumps?

What about my case, where the skydives were from UH-60s, and my jumpmasters were all active 5th group MFF guys skydiving for liesure. Had I been MFF qualed and skydived would I be able to log those jumps?

[This message has been edited by LRSC Grunt (edited 07-03-2000).]

[whisky_8]

Grunt,
You can log them, you just have two requirements to meet:
1 The rig you jumped must be an MC-4
2 You have to be HALO qualified

W8

[Sharky]

When I went through Jumpmaster school (1991)the only one recognized by DA was at Ft. Benning at the good ol 507th. I've never heard of Advanced Airborne School.

------------------
F.I.D.O.

[Jupiter]

There's always Marana, AZ...