UK: Joint Airdrop Drill Affirms UK’s Support for Jordan

British paratroopers have trained along side Jordanian soldiers in an airdrop over the center Eastern country to underscore the U.K.’s support for Jordan and its commitment to regional stability, Britain’s soldiers minister said.

Minister James Heappey said during a statement that Wednesday’s joint exercise of 150 paratroopers from Britain’s 16 Air Assault Brigade and 84 Jordanian parachutists demonstrates that U.K. soldiers “stand with Jordan against shared threats within the region.”

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Brigade Commander Brigadier James Martin said British forces will play a task in deepening “strong, historic bilateral ties within the Middle East and North Africa region, which are vital to U.K. prosperity and security.”

The jump by the paratroopers — the Brigade’s lead assault force — happened during Jordan’s 100th year of independence.

The brigade may be a key element of the U.K.’s Global Response Force, a flexible force which will quickly undertake assigned missions round the world.

“They are the soldiers of the longer term , able to tackle changing threats round the world,” Heappey said.

The British paratroopers jumped from a C130 Hercules transport aircraft flying at 1,000 feet that took faraway from RAF Akrotiri, a British air station on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Armed with SA80 and sniper rifles, light and heavy machine guns, an 81mm mortar and a light-weight artillery gun, British paratroopers were joined by Jordanian troops in assaulting a mock village.

The Brigade is additionally conducting other military exercises with Jordanian forces including infantry and artillery training.