Curso Básico de Paracaidismo Militar

In the Spring of 1946, Mexican Army infantry personnel took paratrooper training the U.S. Army jump school at Ft Benning and subsequently established a company level unit in the Federal District of Mexico City. By 1969 the Brigade of Infantry Parachutists was created and in 1999, the airborne school included special forces training in addition to all aspects of military parachuting.

THE SWING HARNESS: Practicing variations of the parachute landing fall (PLF) into a sand pit from various platform levels

THIRTY-FOUR FOOT TOWER: The famous 34 foot tower on which the jump practices his exit from the aircraft and simulates the path of descent.

PARACHUTE LANDING FALL: Practicing the various PLF techniques when the parachutist lands on the DZ.

PHYSICAL TRAINING: Rigorous exercises designed to develop and strengthen the muscles used in parachuting and the phyical demands of a combat paratrooper.