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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Eighty years ago, some 13,000 paratroopers geared up for a jump behind enemy lines, not knowing if they would see another day. What has been called “The Longest Day,” was really ...

Leapfest, the largest military parachuting competition of its kind, was poised to take off from Quonset State Airport on Saturday morning. The chutes were packed and checked. But Mother Nature wasn't ...

STORCK BARRACKS, Germany (09/10/2021) — He felt the nervousness in his gut as he prepared to jump out of an aircraft for the first time. It was late, around two in the morning. They were flying 1,000 ...

Some parachutes feature openings or holes, which aid in stability and control. Without a means for some air to escape through the top of the canopy, wind could force the parachute to rock ...

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 ...

The chutes were packed and checked. But Mother Nature wasn't quite ready: Rhode Island's soggy morning skies had imposed a schedule delay. Ninety-seven troops waited for the opening drops of the event ...