Jumpers Execute Dangerous Exits, Ramp Strikes and Falls in One Jump Exercise. Military static line parachuting is safe when practiced correctly, but minor mistakes can quickly turn a jump into a ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An Eight Mile man who jumped into Normandy on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day recounted the overwhelming support from locals he experienced after the jump.

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment, conduct a static line parachute jump from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th ...

The 21-year-old Fort Bragg paratrooper who died during an airborne training session earlier this week was identified by Army officials on Wednesday. Abigail Jenks died from a fatal injury while ...

Fort Bragg-based paratroopers conducted a static-line jump Friday, February 1, 2019 to maintain their proficiency at airborne operations and follow-on missions. Paratroopers from Headquarters, ...

Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes. By Joshua Skovlund Updated Aug 12, 2024 10:05 AM EDT ...

A jumpmaster's failure to properly inspect a paratrooper's static lines was determined the "single most definitive failure" that led to the parachuting death of a young female soldier, an Army ...

A paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was getting ready to jump toward the earth when a sharp-eyed jumpmaster stepped in and saved him from a potentially fatal injury — a split-second ...

Photo Credit: Courtesy photo Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, exit an aircraft wearing the T-11 parachute system along with the third-generation ...