Pag. 3 Pag. 5 Pag. 9 News Events Reports Informations Courses Articles & Press Release & Operations & Abstracts Airborne History The Canadian Paratroopers Weapons & Equipments The SCP 70/90 The Folgore’s rifle Aircrafts & Vehicles The Antonov AN-2 Code Name “Colt” Wings & Badges The US Army Parachutist Badge The European Paratroopers Association's Magazine New Edition Issue N.10 - Winter 2010 ear Comrades, We are glad to introduce our new edition of “ParatrooperNews”, the magazine of European Para- D troopers Association, which should reflect an essential EDITORS AND STAFF synthesis and expression of EPA’s activities and a convenient medium to comunicate with our members as well. Editor-in-Chief “ParatrooperNews” is designed to keep you informed of the Giulio Festa developments within our Association, as well as to provide key information on our events. Deputy Editor Like you can see from this issue “ParatrooperNews”, changed Dean Hutson from a newsletter to a magazine with a new graphic design, a larger number of pages and greater number of articles and re- Editorial Assistant ports. It will be published quarterly in both the printed and onli- Edyta Wilowska ne versions. The online version, in pdf file format, can be easy Editorial Staff downloaded from on our web site and printed. Inside this issue & you can find articles, reports on our activities in this firsth Collaborators months of 2010 and news about our planned events and opera- Richard Low tions. We are sure that you will appreciate our work and we look Casey Anderson forward to receiving your feedback. Chris Goodall Giulio Festa Tiziano La Mura Georgios Tsatsaros Paulo Fernandes Graphic Design WNS88 Website www.europeanparatroopers.org E-mail [email protected] Copyright Here and abroad of all editorial material is held by the publishers. No reproduction is permitted whatsoever without prior consent in writing. News 3 Planned Events 2010 Mobile Training Team European Wings Press Release SWAT Advanced Course Assault Rifle Course Training Centers Events 5 Upcoming Events Membership 2010 Custom courses Reports 6 EPA’s SWAT Corse EPA’s Combat Pistol Course US Army Marksman Test Airborne History 10 The Canadian Paratroopers Weapons & Equipments 12 The SCP 70/90 Aircrafts & Vehicles 13 The Antonov AN-2 Wings & Badges 14 Cover Image: The US Army Parachutist Badge Greek Police Commando Team during the SWAT Course Airborne Soldiers 15 The British Paratrooper 2010 2 hrough our excellent contacts, also this year the EPA’s CTC Director European Paratroopers Association is organizing T basic and advanced airborne courses and e are several military parachuting, tactical and marksmanship W proud training events in various European Countries. to welcome All active, reserve and retired soldiers can join us as LTC Dean members and take part in our events. With us you will Hutson to get the opportunities to train and jump with our elite airborne units and paratrooper reserve training associations to earn their parachute cadre as the wings and much more... Director of the EPA’s Combat For further information go on: Training Center. Dean has a www.europeanparatroopers.org 20 year career with a Nationally Certified Police Force as a Command Level Officer and he is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (Class 217) - Quantico, or those, units and groups, who can’t joined our courses Virginia. POST Certified (airborne and tactical) at our Centers, we have designed specific Advanced Police Instructor F Teams. If you can't make it to us, we'll come to you! All EPA and NTOA Tactical Team curriculums can be exported to any location via the EPA Mobile Training Member for over 15 years. Team (MTT). All EPA curriculums can be amended or specifically He is also a US Army Reserve developed for a particular unit. Contact us to discuss the specific needs Officer, and as an Army of your law enforcement or Lieutenant Colonel he is the military unit. EPA MTT Commander of a Special classes will have a special Marksmanship Unit of the pricing plan based on the United States Army with course and number of several years of combat duty students. EPA can modify in Iraq and Afghanistan. any of our current curriculum to design custom classes for their members that can't find what they EPA’s ATC Director need within our normal curriculum. e are W proud For answers to specific questions concerning the EPA Mobile Training to welcome Team please do not hesitate to contact us at: SGT Roman [email protected] Štengl to our elite training cadre as the Director of the EPA’s Airborne Training Center. With 4 years of ll members of the European Paratroopers Association can earn military parachuting expertise the European Wings (European Paratroopers Jump Badge) after and over 9300+ total jumps, A completing the jumps. A light blue wings with a white parachute Roman is internationally in the center, which is surrounded on the base by twelve yellow stars, recognized as an expert in his embroidered on a piece of black cloth represents this brevet. field. Jumpmaster and The members of the European Paratroopers Association can earn the Eu- Airborne Instructor of the ropean Wings after completing 3 (three) jumps during one of our para- Czech Army he has served as chuting events. Sergent with the 22. Airborne The expert parachutist members who cannot join our Regiment and now he is a jump e- vents can be awarded the European Wings reserve NCO of the Czech on pro- of of valid jump qualification. Army and a civilian instructor T h e beginner members can earn the Eu- USPA Coach, USPA Tandem ropean Wings after having suc- Instructor, USPA AFF cessfully completed one of our instructor, he is as well UPT basic airborne training cour- Tandem and AFF Examiner ses organized every year in and senior rigger. Roman is several Parachutist School in also national ispector and Europe under the control of the European Paratroopers As- supervisor of the Czech sociation’s Airborne Training Centre. Aeroclub. 3 EPA’s CTC ou have learned what it takes to be a SWAT European Y Operator – now learn what it Paratroopers takes to LEAD them! Association's This advanced tactical management CTC (Combat course will teach you the Training Center) fundamentals needed to plan and was formed with the execute SWAT and tactical operations. In expressed mission of training this corse you will learn to select, test and and assisting our members interview members for your team, to plan and o r g a n i z e (law enforcement, military operational missions, to dentify sources of intelligence in and government personnel) your own community and use them for your operations, to develop and in the advanced tactical write 5 paragraph operations orders, to perform risk assessments and arena.The Combat Training identify what can go wrong, to perform an actual ‘Site Survey’ of Center offers the European locations in your area, to work with other Military, Police and Paratroopers Association Government agencies both before, during and after the incident ,the members comprehensive equipment evaluation and testing guidelines, the managing negotiators, basic and advanced training the tactics, the proper planning and use of Snipers, Chemical Agents, in all aspects of physical Scouts, Grenadiers etc… security and protective From your successful graduation of our SWAT Operators Course you operations and have designed already know how a SWAT Operator performs his mission – now learn specific courses for the how to plan and lead that group of SWAT Operators in the successful military and law enforcement performance of that same mission! Your primary instructor has community. successfully used these exact same SWAT Team Leader fundamentals in The courses take into account real world operations from the mountains and killing fields of "worst case scenarios" Afghanistan as a US Army Special Operations Officer to the wild and enabling our members to violent streets of the United States as a Police SWAT Team Commander. develop true proficiency in For answers to specific questions concerning the this course, please do the high-risk tactical not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected] environment. For further information go on: europeanparatroopers.org EPA’s ATC his advanced rifle course will introduce the students to the European T latest tactics and techniques used Paratroopers by front line, veteran Police Officers on the Association's mean streets of America and by Soldiers on the ATC (Airborne village streets of Afghanistan. Training Center) With increased use of high powered weapons was formed with the and body armor by both criminals and expressed mission of training terrorist the use of the Assault Rifle has and assisting our members in taken on even more importance. Bank of every aspect of military America Shootout, Beslan, Mumbai, parachuting. The Airborne Helmand Province - these are all locations where the aggressive Training Center offers to the use of an Assault Rifle has - or could have - made the difference. Your European Paratroopers primary instructor has developed and refined these tactics by using members comprehensive them on real world combat operations in Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan and basic and advanced training during actual, active SWAT missions in the United States. These are NOT in parachuting and organizes your standard 'stand and shoot' tactics - this is an aggressive and fast parachute training exercises paced Assault Rifle Course that will teach you to take the fight to the with round-canopy systems criminal/terrorist. 'Shoot & Move, Reload on the Move, Weapon Failure with automatic opening, Drills, Rapid Target Engagement, Weapon Transition Techniques, jumps with weapon and Immediate Action Drills and much more. You will graduate from this equipment, night jumps, course with a better understanding of this weapon, a greater confidence water jumps and jumps into in your abilities and most of all - the ability to shoot, move and take the unknown terrain as well basic fight to the enemy! and advanced training in free Students are strongly encouraged to bring any and all combat/tactical fall parachuting.