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Parachute Jump by Ambassador Taylor

Zhytomyr Region, 29 July 2008

US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor descends to earth in a D6 parachute
  US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor descends to earth in a D6 parachute, moments after exiting a Ukrainian Mi8-MT helicopter near Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Ambassador Taylor and other Army paratroopers from his Defense Attache Office and Office of Defense Cooperation participated in a jump exchange with over 300 Ukrainian paratroopers on 29 July 2008
US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor poses with US and Ukrainian paratroopers
US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor poses with US and Ukrainian paratroopers on the drop zone after jumping together near Zhytomyr, Ukraine on 29 July 2008
Ukrainian paratroopers descend to a drop zone near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, as their comrades look on
  Ukrainian paratroopers descend to a drop zone near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, as their comrades look on. More than 300 Ukrainian paratroopers were joined by US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and members of the US Office of Defense Cooperation and Defense Attache Office in a jump exchange on 29 July 2008
 
US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor (far right) marches off a drop zone near Zhytomyr, Ukraine after parachuting from a Ukrainian Mi8-MT helicopter
  US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor (far right) marches off a drop zone near Zhytomyr, Ukraine after parachuting from a Ukrainian Mi8-MT helicopter. Ambassador Taylor and other Army paratroopers from his Defense Attache Office and Office of Defense Cooperation participated in a jump exchange with over 300 Ukrainian paratroopers on 29 July 2008
US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor pins US paratrooper wings on a SGT from the 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade during a US-Ukrainian Jump exchange on 29 July 2008
  US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor pins US paratrooper wings on a SGT from the 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade during a US-Ukrainian Jump exchange on 29 July 2008
 
US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor congratulates Senior Lieutenant Maksim Svytailo on receiving US paratrooper wings during a US-Ukrainian Jump exchange on 29 July 2008
  US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor congratulates Senior Lieutenant Maksim Svytailo on receiving US paratrooper wings during a US-Ukrainian Jump exchange on 29 July 2008
 

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