U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron conduct a fast-roping and hoisting exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-26 at Auxiliary Airfield II, Yuma, ...
July show to feature a combat procedure called fast-roping, used by elite service members to quickly deploy from a chopper into dangerous terrain.
At a recent exercise, these infantry Marines fast-roped out of a hovering MV-22 Osprey. They used to say it couldn’t be done – that the force of the downdraft made it too risky. Well these Marines are ...