SINGAPORE – Intensive training for the Red Lions has been shifted closer to National Day and made more realistic to keep parachutists as sharp as possible on the day of their display jump. This comes after a parachutist was injured in 2022 following a rough landing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Singapore Armed Forces on Friday said the panel, which was led by the SAF Inspector-General’s Office and included skydiving experts, did not find any procedural lapses surrounding the NDP 2022 incident.
On the NDP 2022 incident involving Third Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng, the panel found that there were “sudden and unexpected changes in wind conditions” during the jump, and that parachutists experienced more turbulence than in rehearsal jumps.
The training, which is being conducted overseas in Thailand, is deliberately designed to replicate the conditions at the landing zone. NDP 2023 will be held at the Padang. High-volume training for the Red Lions typically takes place overseas as conducting such training in Singapore requires local airspace to be closed.
Before training in Thailand, the Red Lions underwent another intensive training course called the skills enhancement programme in the United States. This programme, which focuses more on the individual skills of the Red Lions, comprises various freefall jumps, as well as a canopy piloting course that trains parachutists to handle challenging wind and landing zone conditions.
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