Leapfest, the largest military parachuting competition of its kind, was poised to take off from Quonset State Airport on Saturday morning. The chutes were packed and checked. But Mother Nature wasn't ...

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 ...

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 ...

EXETER, R.I. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in Leapfest 2025, at Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 2, 2025. The 767th EOD Company and 722nd EOD Company from the ...

Watching paragliders and skydivers these days is thrilling. They float and control their gossamer sails like giant birds. Imagine the first parachutes and the thrills they evoked in crowds who had ...

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 ...

I was just reading this particular article a few minutes ago. Maybe things have changed, but this doesn't sound right... Joe took Mackenzie to Pegasus Air Sports Center in Chickasha, Okla., for her ...