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40th World Military Parachuting Championship
Parachuting is one of the professionally important types of sports, which has been promoted by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Parachuting is particularly connected with performing assigned tasks of the Airborne troops, Special Task Force, reconnaissance units and Air Forces of different armies.
Military parachuting is one forms of training servicemen, which allows to master skills in performing parachute jumps as touchdown accuracy, capability to make decision in short time, free fall jumping, parachute jumping in groups, and landing on restricted areas.
28.06.2017 (17:36)
Open parachuting championship of the Russian Armed Forces is being conducted in the Pskov sky
The tournament is attended by more than 15 teams representing the Airborne Forces, Aerospace Force, CSKA Club, DOSAAF, Special Operations Forces of Belarus, Armed Forces of Serbia.
12.05.2017 (09:03)
About 100 sportsmen-skydivers of the Russian Airborne troops are preparing for the Ryazan Kremlin 2017 international competitions
In course of training, about they will carry out 3,000 parachute jumps from different altitudes.
29.07.2016 (09:00)
Military servicemen from 38 countries-participants of the 40th World Military Parachuting Championship left for permanent locations
On the last day of the 40th World Military Parachuting Championship, 15 representatives of countries-participants performed “Jump of Friendship” from the altitude of 4,000 meters.
25.07.2016 (11:01)
Russia hands the baton to Germany in holding the World Military Parachuting Championship
Competitions will be held on different landing sites of the parachute club near the Warendorf town in the mid July, 2017.
23.07.2016 (13:50)
Male and female teams of Russia are on the leading positions of the World Military Parachuting Championship in landing accuracy
According to the conditions of the contest, competitors are to perform parachute jump from the altitude of 1.200 meters at the restricted area of 2 cm in diameter.