As of October 1, 2025, Soldiers who qualify for hazardous duty incentive pay (HDIP) for parachute duty are now receiving $200 ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz.-- U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is home to all manner of parachute testing, with spacious and instrumented ranges large enough to accommodate even the world's largest ...

A video that’s recently gone viral shows what appears to be a U.S. Army paratrooper plummeting toward the earth under a partially deployed parachute during an otherwise routine jump. The short clip, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: During static-line parachuting, as the troop jumps out of the aircraft, a line that is hooked to the aircraft activates the parachute. Then, the troop must ensure that ...

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued a member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, after he missed the landing zone and ended up in Cleveland Harbor, off the coast of Cleveland ...

HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida. Sgt. 1st Class Michael ...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been forced to cut back D-Day memorial parachute jumps as only one plane is guaranteed. Grant Shapps said that the shortage of planes for the mass parachute drop to ...

WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) --Airborne Systems North America has received a $99 million U.S. Army contract to purchase the RA-1 Advanced Ram air parachute system and spare parts. The firm-fixed-price ...

A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida. Sgt. 1st Class Michael Ty Kettenhofen died ...

HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team has died after suffering injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida. Sgt. 1st Class Michael ...

In short: Six members of a Sydney-based army unit tested positive to illicit drugs just days before special forces soldier Jack Fitzgibbon was killed in a fatal training jump. The soldiers, who are ...