It took less than a minute for each soldier to touch the ground after exiting a pair of C-130Js during training jumps launched from Aviano Air Base.

U.S. Army Paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted an airborne ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WASHINGTON — Since the inception of airborne warfare, the practice of using parachutes to insert troops into combat ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – In a display of cooperation and capability, Soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard and the Jordanian Armed Forces recently conducted a joint airborne operation in Watkins, ...

What kind of rifle are elite Polish paratroopers jumping into combat with? A relatively new homemade gun that they say offers flexibility and mobility needed at a time when modern warfare is showing ...

The Army is reducing the number of soldiers who will be paid parachutists. Since World War II, the number of soldiers the Army has trained to be able to jump into combat has more than doubled. But as ...