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Italians join in parachuting exercise in the bay
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As part of a training exercise, members of the UK?s Submarine Parachute Assistance Group have been parachuting into the bay.
Made up of Royal Navy doctors, medical assistants, and survival specialists, the Group?s role is to provide assistance to survivors of possible submarine accidents.
The exercise is taking place at a time when HMS Superb is in the area. This is an ageing nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class. She was seen in the bay on Saturday and then, yesterday, was berthed in Gibraltar.
?Gibraltar is an ideal location for this kind of parachute training because of its weather and the proximity of RAF Gibraltar to the jump area,? said Lt Andy Sharp. ?We will be jumping from between 2000 and 2500 feet into an area about 1000 metres off the South Mole?.
For this training exercise the Group will be joined by six Italians as the Italian Armed Forces are keen to add parachuting to their team?s capabilities. There are also ten members of the Army?s 16 Air Assault Brigade who are making the most of this opportunity to conduct parachute training.
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