More than 700 paratroopers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, executed a ...
In this photo from 1945, paratroopers of the 555th Parachute Infantry climb into their parachute harnesses before boarding a plane of the First Troop Carrier Command. The C-47 would drop the airborne ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- During Black History Month, ABC11 takes a closer look at the first all-Black airborne unit in U.S. history. The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion often referred to as the ...
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division and other units are headed to the southern border to relieve troops who have spent months carrying out security operations, the Army said this week. The fall ...
FORT LIBERTY — Several family members traced letters with their fingers on the 82nd Airborne Division monuments Tuesday at Fort Liberty. One woman kissed a yellow rose before tapping a name on the ...
FORT BENNING, Ga. — To the uninitiated, the interior of a military transport plane is a chaotic mix of engine roar, vibrating aluminum and the acrid scent of JP-8 jet fuel. To a jumpmaster, however, ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An evolved version of the iconic U.S. military’s Jeep was tested in North Carolina at Fort Bragg and is now in production in North Carolina near Charlotte. The 82nd Airborne ...
Reconnaissance Marines had four run-ins with bears during recent parachute training in northern Japan, according to the commander of an Alaska-based U.S. Army battalion. Members of the 11th Airborne ...
Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes. By Joshua Skovlund Updated Aug 12, 2024 10:05 AM EDT Add ...
This article was published as part of a content-sharing agreement between Army Times and The Fayetteville Observer. A few days into the spring of 1994, paratroopers waited for an airborne training ...