Ventura County residents, especially those near the Oxnard Airport, can expect to see military parachutes in the sky throughout the week, according to local officials.
The activity is part of a training exercise for the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights, a renowned competition parachute team, according to the Oxnard Police Department.
The Golden Knights will be at the Oxnard Airport throughout the week to conduct approximately two-dozen jump missions from Tuesday through Thursday.
The skydiving team was expected to arrive in Oxnard on Monday in a De Havilland DHC-8 turboprop aircraft.
Oxnard police say the Golden Knights will conduct approximately eight daily jump missions from around 8:45 a.m. to around 2 p.m., weather permitting. Each jump will likely feature two jumpers working in tandem with an assigned member of the Golden Knights team.
Their plane will take off from the Oxnard Airport, and they will land either back at the airport or on the south end of Silver Stand Beach.
The team will depart town Friday morning, officials said.
The Golden Knights are one of only three aerial demonstration teams sanction by the Department of Defense, along with Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds.
For more information about the U.S. Army Golden Knights, click here.