5How many paratroopers could they possibly pack in there?
5My answer will be very careful, are you of Mexican, Haitian, or caucasion Air Force decent?
Jumpmaster plus 3-4. Mostly done for airshows where the aircraft would come in “fast” and low, pull straight up to the vertical and when it reached 1,300 feet - out you went. You were supposed to keep your legs extended straight out during takeoff so your boots wouldn’t scrape the runway when the pilot rotated the nose up for takeoff. Fun times.
The aircraft was underpowered and had poor single engine capability. It was hard to deploy to the fight since they didn’t have a tailhook. They could take off, but couldn’t land back on a carrier. When they went to Desert Storm one of the squadron’s flew from US to Canada to Greenland to Iceland to England, etc. It took awhile because of crew rest and aircraft maintenance issues.
The video said 4 paratroopers or 5 grunts.