Airborne paratroopers prepare, gear up, and take to the skies for a mass tactical jump operation. Multiple C-130 aircraft release waves of soldiers over the drop zone in perfect coordination. From the ...
QUEENSLAND, Australia — Under the cover of darkness, more than 350 U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 11th Airborne Division landed in the training area near northeastern Australia, in the early ...
VICENZA, Italy — U.S. paratroopers had a liquid drop zone this week, with Lake Garda serving as the latest scene of water airborne operations training for members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. The ...
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 ...
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for ...
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 ...
An Airborne soldier connects his combat equipment to his T-11 Parachute Harness before takeoff in a U.S. Air Force C-17. The soldier is wearing his Impact Monitoring Mouthguard while preparing for a ...