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Tailgating in the Sky: Paratroopers Jump for Joy: Image title: Paratroopers fly through the air after jumping from the tailgate of a C-130 Hercules airplane on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 11. The tailgate jump was part of the XVIII Airborne Corps Commanding General's Retention Incentive Jump.
Less than forty-five days after it was formed, members of the test platoon made their first jump from a Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber over Lawson Field on 16 August 1940. Lieutenant Ryder and Private William N. (Red) King became the first officer and enlisted man to make an official jump as paratroopers in the United States Army.
This year's international competition featured a jump by an all-female team from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade. Leapfest paratroopers showed off their elite skills on Saturday. One team ...
A parachutist who completes an airborne jump into a combat zone is authorized to wear a combat jump device on their Parachutist Badge, turning it into a Combat Parachutist Badge. The device consists of a star or arrangements of stars, indicating the number of combat jumps (up to five) conducted by the paratrooper. [10]
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Some 320 British, Belgian and U.S. paratroopers took part in the jump on Wednesday to recreate the events of June Passports please! British paratroopers met by French customs after D-Day airdrop
United States Air Force Pararescuemen jump at half the height of a typical HALO/HAHO insertion 2eme REP Legionnaires HALO jump from a C-160.. High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion.
Jumpmasters are responsible for transforming soldiers who enter Army Airborne School into paratroopers and leading airborne jump operations in airborne units across all branches of services. Jumpmasters make sure each and every paratrooper is proficient at the following airborne operational techniques: Day/Night Combat Equipment Jump; Parachute ...