FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with the C ...

Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The ...

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended all double-bag static line parachuting operations until further notice after the death of a corporal earlier this week in Arizona. Marine ...

Static-line parachuting has been a US military tactic since World War II. The use of a line that automatically pulls your parachute is an effective technique to deploy a large number of troops at a ...

DUNNELLON, Fla. — A jumpmaster who died during a WWII-style static-line parachuting exercise has been identified as a former member of the Ukrainian Army who was living in Italy. The victim, Dmytro ...

COOLIDGE — The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended all double-bag static line parachuting operations until further notice after the death of a corporal earlier this week in Arizona. Marine Corps officials ...