Look, up in the sky...It's a bird, it's a plane...

It's the Special Forces flying in from over a hundred miles away to bring a special op near you. Yes, according to an article written in Daily Mail;

this lightweight carbon fibre mono-wing will allow special forces to jump from high altitudes and then glide 120 miles or more before landing - making them almost impossible to spot, as their aircraft can avoid flying anywhere near the target.

Fitted with oxygen supply, stabilisation and navigation aides, troops wearing the wings will jump from a high-altitude transport aircraft which can stay far away from enemy territory - or on secret peacetime missions could avoid detection or suspicion by staying close to commercial airliner flight paths.

The manufacturers claim the ESG wing is '100 per cent silent' and 'extremely difficult' to track using radar.

According to SAS insiders, very few operational parachute jumps have taken place in recent years, with teams tending to rely more on helicopters or other means of transport.

Sure helicopters have their purpose but imagine a SEAL team infiltrating an OA and the enemy none the wiser. This equipment could be a stop gap for operations that aren't close to large bodies of water where a sub could be used for the incursion.

The article also mentions a model with 'small turbo-jet drives' installed so self extraction is also a possibility after a mission has been completed.

Pretty interesting stuff...

Mike D.
The Working Patriot