Two paratroopers were injured after a rough landing that was caught on video at a baseball game in Arizona. The parachute landing was part of a pregame ceremony at the University of Arizona's Hi ...
On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Perez, ...
The Fort Bragg, N.C., paratrooper from Medina who died Friday during an airborne training exercise was using a newer parachute that has proven safer than its earlier counterpart, officials told Drew ...
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Why military parachutes look so different from sport chutes

Military parachutes are designed for reliability and control, not freedom of movement. For decades, round canopies carried paratroopers into combat, but hard landings and injuries pushed the U.S.
Two paratroopers in the U.S. armed forces were injured shortly before a University of Arizona baseball game after they appeared to suffer a hard landing. The Tucson Fire Department posted April 12 on ...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Canadian Army jumpmasters and tactical leaders joined U.S. paratroopers from the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 7-10, 2025, for an intensive week of joint ...
MELAKA: The Malaysian Army has confirmed that a soldier suffered a cracked neck bone during a parachuting training accident ...