The Don Englebreston Collection

Airman Practicing Tree Letdown Rope Technique, Jungle Survival School

Airman Practicing Tree Letdown Rope Technique, Jungle Survival School

An airman practices the parachute 'tree letdown' technique, using a rope to descend from a simulated jungle canopy. Training exercises like this one, conducted at jungle survival schools such as Clark Air Base in the Philippines, prepared Vietnam War-era aircrew to survive and evade capture if forced to bail out over dense jungle terrain. Project: 219104