Parachute

Students vary from tactical air control party specialists, combat controllers, pararescuemen, and survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists from all different commands.

The parents of a Navy SEAL, who died in a 2014 parachute training accident, are suing Airborne Systems of North America, the chute’s manufacturer. Steve and Beth Cavner filed a lawsuit alleging defective design, negligence, and wrongful death, in San Diego federal court, according to the Los Angeles Times. A gust of wind caused Chief […]

Special Operations Detachment-Pacific soldiers conduct airborne operations in Shelton, Washington in support of Cascadia Rising 2016. The soldiers parachuted out of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, simulating a resupply mission and demonstrating the unit’s capabilities.

The three-week course, which sees about 14,000 trainees a year, is mostly filled with recruits right out of basic training or AIT who want to be paratroopers, Army Rangers or other special operations forces across the Defense Department

The team is comprised of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and DoD Civilians from SOCOM.

HALO involves paratroopers jumping at around 25,000 feet and freefalling down to 3,500 feet.

About 1,200 soldiers from 13 countries looked up toward the thin white clouds stretching across the sky. Having just participated in a brief NATO battle demo, they awaited the November event’s finale. First Lt. Tim Pena would later say it was “a beautiful day to jump.” But he hadn’t quite arrived just yet. Right on […]

Images courtesy of Business Insider US paratroopers are some of the most daring members of the US military. After completing United States Army Airborne School, or Jump School, these volunteers are certified to conduct some of the most daring missions in the military. We have compiled some of our favorite images of US Army paratroopers […]

Editor’s Note: What an amazing story. My grandfather flew B-24s (among other things) during World War II, and I have to believe he would have thought of the same thing. In any case, we can all certainly agree this weeks I-Am-A-Total-Badass-Award goes to Owen J. Bagget: the man who downed a Japanese Zero with a […]

On 14 October, 2012, Felix Baumgartner ascended to an altitude of 127,851 feet–more than 23 miles above the ground in a specifically-designed stratospheric balloon. Sponsored by Red Bull, the event was seen by millions all over the world, watching with breathless anticipation as the door to the hatch rolled open and Baumgartner stepped out for his parachute jump. […]

Edging towards the ramp of the C-27J aircraft, a Special Forces Military Free Fall (MFF) student prepared for his sixth parachute jump in the MFF basic parachutist course based out of Yuma, Arizona.  It was the student’s first jump with combat equipment, including his rucksack inside a Parachute Drop Bag (PDB) which was rigged between […]