Editor’s note: This piece was first published in The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. The C-130 bounced ...

The Army will recode 20,000 parachutist jobs in a major airborne restructuring. Here, an Army paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade recovers his parachute in Pordenone, Italy, on March 20 ...

As Command Sgt. Maj. Vern Daley prepared for a parachute jump over Alaska on Thursday with the 11th Airborne Division, he had one addition to his standard Army uniform and equipment — his ...

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia – As the community at Robins Air Force Base celebrated the 70th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules in action, a select group of paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 507th ...

A look at a military paratrooper jump, showcasing skill, precision, and the training required for airborne operations.

This video covers the U.S. Army Airborne Jump School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Open to service members from all branches, this intensive three-week course trains students to master the fundamentals of ...

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade jump out of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Bunker Drop Zone, Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 28, 2024. 1-91 CAV ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WASHINGTON — Since the inception of airborne warfare, the practice of using parachutes to insert troops into combat ...

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 ...

In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough.