RIMBA, THURSDAY, 26 April 2018 – Twelve personnel from Special Task Platoon (STP), Naval Surface Action Group (NAVSAG), 31 Squadron Parachute Airborne Tactical Delivery Unit (PATDU) Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) successfully completed the RBAF Basic Airborne Parachute Course for 2018. The course was conducted by 31 Squadron PATDU, No.3 Wing, Ops Group of RBAirF for 4 weeks from 2 until 27 April 2018 at the Royal Brunei Air Force Base in Rimba.
A closing ceremony was held today with the presentation of Airborne badges and certificates to the course participants presented by the Guest of Honour, First Admiral Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi Bin Pengiran Haji Muhammad, Commander of Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).
A live jump from a helicopter by the course participants was also demonstrated during the closing ceremony, and was concluded with a closing review speech delivered by Lieutenant (U) Hajimah binti Mosah as the course conductor of RBAF Basic Airborne Course Session 02/2018.
Participants were taught in 2 phases; the first phase, Basic Ground Training, began in the first two weeks which introduced the characteristics of the static MC1-1C parachute, aircraft drills, exit and flight procedures, as well as the correct techniques for landing, including during emergencies. The second phase during the final two weeks featured practical lessons on what was taught and live jumps from Blackhawk S70i. A total of seven jumps were achieved which included five times of Clean Fatique Jump, and one time each of the Equipment Jump and Sunset Jump.
Also present at the ceremony were Indonesian Defence Attaché, Colonel (CZI) Widiyanto, senior officers and invited officers of the RBAF personnel.
12 ANGGOTA TAMAT KURSUS ASAS PAYUNG TERJUN STATIK AIRBORNE ABDB
RIMBA, HARI KHAMIS, 26 APRIL 2018 – Seramai dua belas orang anggota dari Platun Gerak Khas Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei, Grup Tindakan Permukaan Laut (NAVSAG), Skuadron Unit Payung Terjun Pembekal Udara Taktikal (UPTPUT) Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei (TUDB) dan Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) telah berjaya menamatkan Kursus Asas Payung Terjun Statik Airborne ABDB Sesi 02/2018. Kursus ini telah dikendalikan oleh 31 Skuadron UPTPUT Cawangan No.3 Kumpulan Gerakan, TUDB selama 4 minggu bermula dari 2 hingga 27 April 2018 bertempat di Pangkalan Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei, Rimba.
Majlis penutup kursus telah diadakan hari ini dengan penyampaian lencana dan sijil kepada anggota kursus disempurnakan oleh Tetamu Kehormat majlis, Laksamana Pertama Pg Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi Bin Pg Haji Muhammad, Pemerintah Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei (TLDB).
Pertunjukkan penerjunan anggota kursus payung terjun statik Airborne juga diadakan semasa majlis penutup ini dan kemudiannya ucapan ulasan kursus daripada Leftenan (U) Hajimah binti Mosah selaku pegawai pengendali Kursus Asas Payung Terjun Statik Airborne ABDB Sesi 02/2018.
Peserta kursus diajarkan sebanyak 2 fasa iaitu fasa pertama, Basic Ground Training selama 2 minggu yang menumpukan kepada pembelajaran asas pengenalan ciri-ciri payung statik MC1-1C, tatacara dan kawad-kawad penerjun di dalam pesawat, prosedur keluar dan penerbangan, tatacara pendaratan dan pendaratan kecemasan yang betul. Manakala, fasa kedua iaitu 2 minggu terakhir ialah mempraktikkan segala pelajaran yang diajarkan serta melakukan penerjunan dari pesawat Blackhawk S70i. Kesemua anggota kursus berjaya membuat sebanyak tujuh kali penerjunan iaitu lima kali Clean Fatique Jump, sekali Equipment Jump dan sekali Sunset Jump.
Turut hadir di majlis ini ialah Atase Pertahanan Republik Indonesia, Kolonel (CZI) Widiyanto, pegawai-pegawai kanan ABDB dan pegawai-pegawai jemputan yang lain.