The aircraft made five circuits, dropping 20 to 30 parachutes each time.
L/Cpl Robin Nichols said it had been “great to be involved in jumping with such a huge amount of blokes”.
“It was quite an exciting time, you could feel it in the hangar this morning, the tension, a little bit.”
The battalion is one of the components of 16 Air Assault Brigade.
Pte Tom Gilliatt, who had done eight jumps before this, said it had been his biggest yet.
“You’re definitely looking around when you drop for anyone else coming down on top of you,” he said.
Brig Ed Cartwright said: “The great advantage of parachuting is you combine the benefits of air power, so speed and reach, with the ability to put boots on the ground.”
After landing, the soldiers set up defensive positions as part of the exercise.
