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Paratroopers float to the ground after jumping from a aircraft.

Falcon Leapers

A group of U.S. Army and European paratroopers conduct an airborne jump out of a C-130 aircraft using a variety of parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap above the Hechtselse Heide Drop Zone, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium, Sept. 15, 2022. More than 1000 paratroopers from around the world are taking part in NATO's largest technical airborne exercise.

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