Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before they become Airborne-qualified paratroopers, all students must graduate from Airborne School, a three-week course that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne ...

Conducting static-line airborne operations with non-typical weapons systems requires specialized training and equipment due to their large size. Paratroopers accustomed to the size and weight of a ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Tim and Jolie Tallant knew they would not be able to speak face-to-face with their son Friday, but that did not stop them from making the hourslong drive to watch him graduate from ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — On a spectacularly warm and sunny day, Corra Tendell, a cadet with the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at West Craven High School, took a leap of faith out of the ...

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 ...

Sunday marks National Airborne Day, and paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division said they are proud to be carry on the legacy of what it means to be an airborne soldier. National Airborne Day was ...

TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) – Two instructors at the US Army Airborne School at Fort Benning are being praised for their heroic actions that helped save a man’s life. According to a Facebook post on the ...

FORT BRAGG — The 82nd Airborne Division hosts current and former paratroopers, their families and the local community during All American Week, May 22-25. With events, sporting competitions, and a ...

Over 80 years ago, Walter Morris created the 555th Airborne Platoon, also known as the “Triple Nickles.” There is an exhibit about them at a museum on Fort Liberty - formerly known as Fort Bragg.

Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne School, each depending on a parachute to get them safely to the ...