The paratroopers floated down after springing out of the C-17 Globemaster aircraft under a deep blue sky into swirling winds as they descended a thousand feet into a vast barren field before ...
Wearing a World War II uniform and carrying mementos from two members of the Greatest Generation, U.S. Rep. Keith Self of Texas will solo skydive Friday, and a bipartisan congressional delegation will ...
US Army paratroopers jumped into Arctic terrain at an exercise in Alaska last month. Photos show the mission, including troops loading into C-17s and landing on the icy ground. Soldiers said one of ...
Today marks the 70-year anniversary of D-Day, and one of the most impressive commemorations came yesterday from Jim "Pee Wee" Martin. "Pee Wee" landed on Utah Beach just after midnight on June 6, 1944 ...
As Command Sgt. Maj. Vern Daley prepared for a parachute jump over Alaska on Thursday with the 11th Airborne Division, he had one addition to his standard Army uniform and equipment — his ...
Army Staff Sgt. Jared Leonard (far right) of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, a 2004 graduate of Rantoul Township High School, prepares to parachute out of a C-17 plane during a ...
A VIRAL video on social media showed a dramatic incident during what appeared to be a military parachute jump demonstration ...
As a young man, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Connor Cozad grew up watching Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO miniseries depicting the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry ...