NATICK, Mass. - Four parachute riggers assigned to the Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Soldier Center ...

Two weeks before their retirement ceremony, Mahon and Millette both completed their last official military static line parachute jump for the Army during combined airborne operations training ...

During static-line parachuting, as the troop jumps out of the aircraft, a line that is hooked to the aircraft activates the parachute.

Soldiers were caught in trees following a nighttime static-line parachute jump at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

We accomplish this by performing round-canopy static line parachute jumps dressed in authentic WWII equipment at air shows and veterans' events around the United States and Europe.

And earlier in 2017, the Marine Corps suspended some of its static line jump ops ― when a line is hooked inside the aircraft and the force of a jump causes a parachute to immediately open ...

While Army airborne operations have evolved over the decades into a safe science, there are still hazards to static-line parachute jumps that can be deadly.

Her death marks the second time since September that a Fort Bragg paratrooper has died during static line parachute training, according to the Army Times.

The competition challenges paratroopers to perform a combination of "static line" parachute jumps. In a such a jump, the parachutist clips an individual line to the helicopter and jumps.

The soldier’s unit was conducting a static line jump when he experienced a parachute malfunction, said division spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Burns.

Her death marks the second time since September that a Fort Bragg paratrooper has died during static line parachute training, according to the Army Times.

Her death marks the second time since September that a Fort Bragg paratrooper has died during static line parachute training, according to the Army Times.