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 ...

The Air Force's Special Tactics teams consist of airmen in three career fields: combat controllers, pararescuemen and special reconnaissance. Each of these special operations career fields requires ...

A Marine was killed in a parachute incident that occurred Monday at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Coolidge, Arizona. Because of the accident, the Corps has suspended all double-bag static line ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. –The Georgia Army National Guard Safety Office hosted its 10th annual Joint Parachute Operations Mishap Preventative Orientation Course Enhanced (POMPOC-E) April 17 - 26 at the Air ...

“SPC Jenks was a dedicated Paratrooper, gifted forward observer, loyal friend, and talented artist who consistently made a tremendous impact on all around her,” Lt. Col. Christopher Walsh said Digital ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Fort Bragg paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division died during an airborne training operation Monday.Officials said Spec. Abigail Jenks, 21, of Gansevoort, New York, was a fire specialist, ...

United States Marine Critical Skills Operators with 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, wait aboard a CASA 212 aircraft in the process of gaining ...