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The Utah National Guard on Tuesday posted a video of its 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) bailing out of an airplane above Utah.

The video is dated March 5. It also shows the preparations before the jump, the takeoff aboard a U.S. Air Force plane and soldiers securing their parachutes and gear after the jump.

Lt. Col. Steven Fairbourn, a spokesman for the Utah National Guard, said the jump was an exercise "to sustain and maintain proficiency in air infiltration techniques, an essential task for the unit."

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