Parachute

Given the choice between strolling into Dante’s burning pine forest under a half-inflated bedsheet or handing out hand towels at the Democratic Convention, I’ll take the trees every time, because at least they’re honest about trying to kill you.

The drop zone was missed by more than a fraction on this training jump by the French Foreign Legion. The urban terrain led to some uneasy landings for many of the members of 2e Rep.

Bold Bob, with his laptop duct-taped to the plane, dismissed standard procedures and led his team into the clouds.

Pat McNamara’s first jump was a brutal trial by fire, a stark reminder that in the world of airborne operations, survival often hinges on a razor’s edge between training and catastrophe.

Navy SEAL David Charbonnet’s journey from injury to competing in paracanoe shows true resilience and the power of perseverance.

The former Delta Operator on a HALO jump over the desert.

Since it was very dark it was therefore difficult to judge the distance to the tops of trees and the ground.

Military Free Fall Operations, generally known as HALO, are being overhauled after the death of an Army Ranger; here’s why and how.

A Belgian Air Force F-16 reportedly crashed in western France on Thursday. Both crew members were able to eject, with the pilot‘s parachute ultimately snagging a high voltage power line and leaving him dangling over a residential area near Pluvigner in Brittany, France. The F-16 clipped the roof of a nearby house before ultimately crashing […]

Three soldiers of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute demonstration team were injured during a jump in the early morning hours on Tuesday, February 12. According to the Miami Herald, the soldiers were conducting a nighttime jump around 4 a.m. near Homestead Air Reserve Base when the accident occurred. Local emergency response crews from Miami-Dade […]

Three soldiers of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute demonstration team were injured during a jump in the early morning hours on Tuesday, February 12. According to the Miami Herald, the soldiers were conducting a nighttime jump around 4 a.m. near Homestead Air Reserve Base when the accident occurred. Local emergency response crews from Miami-Dade […]

Navy SEALs are often thought of as amphibious warfighters, rising from the depths of the sea to engage opponents, but America’s most well-known special operations war fighters need to be experts in far more than just swimming and shooting. Even the name SEAL, while garnering aquatic imagery, is actually a shortened description of where our […]