RIMBA AIRFORCE BASE, Thursday, 26 April 2018 – The Closing Ceremony of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Basic Airborne Course Serial 02/2018 conducted by 31 Squadron Parachute Airborne Tactical Delivery Unit (31 Sqn PATDU), No. 3 Wing, Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) was held today at Rimba Airforce Base Dropzone.
A total of 12 personnel consisting of 7 personnel from Special Task Platoon, Royal Brunei Land Force, 3 personnel from Naval Surface Action Group, Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), 1 personnel from 31 Sqn PATDU, and 1 personnel from Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) have successfully completed the 4-week course from 02 April 2018 until 27 April 2018.
Present as the Guest of Honour was First Admiral Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi bin Pengiran Haji Muhammad, Commander RBN. Also in attendance were Indonesian Defence Attache, Colonel (CZI) Widiyanto, and other RBAF Senior Officers.
The closing ceremony commenced with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah and a live jump demonstration performed by the course participants. The event continued with the course review speech delivered by Lt (U) Hajimah binti Mosah, the Course Conducting Officer and concluded with the presentation of Airborne Badges and certificates by the Guest of Honour.
The 4-week course comprises of 2 phases. The first phase is the Basic Ground Training, which focuses on basic introduction on Parachute MC1-1C characteristic, aircraft drills, exit and flight procedures, as well as landing and emergency procedures. During the second phase, participants would be able to practice the lessons taught to them and conduct live jump from the S70i Blackhawk.
MAJLIS PENUTUP KURSUS ASAS PAYUNG TERJUN STATIK
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ABDB SIRI 02/2018
PANGKALAN TENTERA UDARA RIMBA, Khamis, 26 April 2018 – Majlis Penutup Kursus Asas Payung Statik
Airborne Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) Siri 02/2018 yang dikendalikan oleh 31 Skuadron Unit Payung Terjun Pembekal Udara Taktikal (UPTPUT), Cawangan No. 3, Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei (TUDB) telah berlangsung pada hari ini di
Dropzone Pangkalan Tentera Udara Rimba.
Seramai 12 orang anggota kursus terdiri daripada 7 orang anggota Platun Gerak Khas Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei, 3 orang anggota
Naval Surface Action Group, Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei (TLDB), seorang anggota 31 Skuadron UPTPUT TUDB, dan seorang anggota Tentera Nasional Indonesia (TNI) telah berjaya menamatkan kursus 4 minggu bermula dari 02 April 2018 sehingga 27 April 2018.
Hadir selaku Tetamu Kehormat ialah Yang Mulia Laksamana Pertama Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi bin Pengiran Haji Mohammad, Pemerintah TLDB. Turut hadir sama ialah Atase Pertahanan Republik Indonesia, Kolonel (CZI) Widiyanto serta Pegawai-Pegawai Kanan ABDB yang lain.
Majlis dimulakan dengan bacaan Surah Al-Fatihah diikuti dengan pertunjukkan penerjunan oleh anggota-anggota kursus. Majlis diteruskan dengan ucapan ulasan kursus yang disampaikan oleh Lt (U) Hajimah binti Mosah selaku Pegawai Pengendali Kursus, dan diakhiri dengan penyampaian lencana dan sijil oleh Tetamu Kehormat.
Kursus dua minggu tersebut dibahagikan kepada 2 fasa. Fasa pertama iaitu
Basic Ground Training menumpukan kepada pelajaran asas pengenalan ciri-ciri payung
MC1-1C, tatacara dan kawad-kawad penerjun di dalam pesawat, prosedur penerbangan, serta tatacara pendaratan dan kecemasan. Semasa fasa kedua, anggota kursus berpeluang untuk mempraktikkan segala pelajaran yang telah diajarkan serta melakukan penerjunan dari pesawat
S70i Blackhawk.