Formed in 1983, the team, known as The Raiders, comprises experienced skydivers from across the @RoyalNavy and @RoyalMarines, both Regular and Reservists.

Joined July 2017
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Delighted weโ€™ll be dropping into TWO Armed Forces Day events this year!! Portsmouth AFD (20 Jun) and Armed Forces Day National Event, Aldershot 27 Jun).#ArmedForcesDay @RoyalNavy @HMNBPortsmouth @portsmouthtoday
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RN Para Display Team retweeted
Not your average landing. ๐Ÿช‚ The Royal Navy Parachute Display Team welcome back @HMSQNLZ to Portsmouth. ๐Ÿ”—royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/mโ€ฆ
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Skyโžก๏ธseaโžก๏ธdeck๐ŸŽฏ Precision, timing and nerves of steel as parachutists from the Royal Navy Parachute display team landed on HMS Queen Elizabeth A rare and fantastic sight in Portsmouth Harbour
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The @RNParaDisplay team will be performing a jump onto @HMSQNLZ berthed on Princess Royal Jetty, HMNB Portsmouth tomorrow. The display will consist of 3 parachutists jumping from a light aircraft, identified by smoke flares. H/T @AWenham1 Aerial photo: Andy Amor
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A stunning sight as @RNParaDisplay team performed this parachute jump onto the flight deck of @HMSQNLZ berthed in Portsmouth this morning. HMS Queen Elizabeth is one of @RoyalNavy 's two aircraft carriers โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
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More to follow but we may have achieved a historic milestone todayโ€ฆ Anyone who had eyes turned skyward in @HMNBPortsmouth this morning may have seen the @RNParaDisplay team welcome @HMSQNLZ back to her home port following 8 months in Rosyth! Video to follow soon!
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@RNParaDisplay Team 2026! Team members (new and old) have been participating in Exercise FIRST ARENA 26 - their pre-season work up training! We are ready to display to the public starting in a few weeks!
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Merry Christmas from the @RNParaDisplay Team!!! Thinking of all our friends and colleagues deployed or on duty this Christmas! 2025 was quite a season, but we have some great new displays in the planning for 2026!!
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RN Para Display Team retweeted
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐; ๐€๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ, ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ง. ๐€๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.
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That's it for 2025 - amazing season! @ArmedForcesDay events, @UtilitaBowl The Hundred series, community events and Naval Base open days! Loved meeting the enthusiastic crowds and looking forward to a packed 2026 season already!
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Discovered a historic aircraft once owned by the Royal Navy Sport Parachute Association at Skydive St Andrewsโ€ฆ G-RNRM is still flying!
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A few action shots from the Utilita Bowl @thehundred series last night - video to follow!
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We massively enjoyed meeting the crowds at the @UtilitaBowl @thehundred series match after we delivered the match ball! Thanks for the warm welcome info the stadium! #RoyalNavy #SouthernBrave
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The perfect British summer display? Thrilled to be jumping into @thehundred Cricket Series on 18 Aug @ 18:00! Its been 10 years since the @RNParaDisplay Team jumped into the @UtilitaBowl and we can't wait to return! #TheHundred #RoyalNavy
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Jumping into the Rundle Cup this weekend for the Army vs @RoyalNavy Polo match on Saturday! C'mon Navy!!
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Some Great Images of one of our displays this weekend courtesy of @RNRMC media team. #ArmedForcesDay #RoyalNavy #RoyalMarines #RoyalNavyParachuteTeam #HMSCollingwood #Skydive
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RN Para Display Team retweeted
Huge thanks to @HMS_Collingwood for hosting an excellent Open Day this weekend on Armed Forces Day. A fiercely contested #brickwoods #fieldgun competition brought the drama (BZ to @BritishArmy REME for the win). And to cap it all, I was even saluted by a unicorn. ๐Ÿฆ„ ๐Ÿซก โš“๏ธ
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What a lovely day at @HMS_Collingwood
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Saturday 29th June 2025 Royal Navy Parachute Display Team at @HMS_Collingwood Open Day and Field Gun Competition finals. Always good to take in the views over a beautiful sunny Portsmouth & Gosport Have a look at our Birds-eye view and see if you can spot @HMSQNLZ & @RFAArgus
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What a week! 4 displays, 3 directly supporting Armed Forces Day, a mention by former RN โ€˜Raiderโ€™ @David__Reed MP in Parliament, displays to RN Senior Leadership but most importantly, to the brilliant people who turned out to enjoy our spectacle! Happy #ArmedForcesDay !
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