08.05.2020.
Minister Vulin: Members of the 63rd Parachute Brigade, confident and competent, equipped and capable of performing any task set before them
The Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin and the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Milan Mojsilović, visited the members of the 63rd Parachute Brigade at the "Sergeant-Pilot Mihajlo Petrović" military airport in Niš, where they attended parachute training today.
The Commander of the 63rd Parachute Brigade, Colonel Nenad Zonić, briefed Minister Vulin and General Mojsilović about the advanced parachute training in that brigade during the tour of the parachute hangar, after which they watched the landing of paratroopers from AN-26 aircraft and jumps with airborne troop parachutes and special parachutes.Minister Vulin pointed out that the 63rd Parachute Brigade is one of the most elite units of our armed forces, whose members, even during the state of emergency, not only performed the assigned tasks, but also constantly prepared and trained.
- We attend the most advanced level of parachute training and we can see that all these men are prepared, confident and competent, equipped and capable of performing any task that is set before them. Thanks to the decision of the Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces and his order, the 63rd Parachute Brigade is again a brigade and we expect that we will complete the process of its transformation very soon, which both the armed forces and Serbia will be proud of - Minister Vulin emphasized.The officer conducting the training, Major Nenad Stojiljković, pointed out that advanced parachute training was demonstrated, as well as ground training in the parachute hangar, and the execution of parachute jumps with an airborne troop parachute from an altitude of 600 meters.
- We lowered the jump altitude from the originally envisaged 800m to 600 meters, because today the wind has intensified during the landing and the weather conditions are complex. A free fall jump was also executed with a "wing UM 1" type of parachute from an altitude of 3,000 meters - Major Stojiljković pointed out.The Deputy Commander of the Joint Operations Command, Major General Ilija Todorov, the Commander of the 72nd Special Operations Brigade, Brigadier General Miroslav Talijan, and the Commander of the 98th Air Brigade, Colonel Zoran Prodanović also attended the parachute training.
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