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Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 8, 2025. The jump was conducted as an opportunity for 82nd ...

U.S. and British Army Paratroopers perform in-flight rigging and static-line jump over Unity crop zone, Latvia from a U.S.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...

Elias Hernandez was a World War II paratrooper, making his first jump at the age of 19. The last jump he made was to celebrate his 90th birthday. He is now planning to make his final jump this weekend ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — Newly-minted paratroopers graduate from Airborne School at Fort Moore nearly every other Friday. Today’s graduation, including more than 300 soldiers, was extra special. April ...

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The monthly stipend will rise from $150 to $200, marking the first ...

VICENZA, Italy – On July 8, 13 civilians learned a little about what a paratrooper goes through when jumping out of a plane, by doing a simulated jump from the 30-foot jump tower on Caserma Ederle.

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Private 1st Class Matthew Fram did not expect to make his first jump after airborne school with 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq. The chemical specialist with Battery B, 3rd ...