A former paratrooper hopes to break two world records by jumping 200ft (61m) from a helicopter into the sea without a parachute. John Bream, nicknamed the Flying Fish, said he would fall for about ...

For the first time in history, three pairs of paratroopers jumped from the stratosphere and opened their parachutes at an altitude of 10,000 meters, significantly higher than the usual 2,500 ...

The T-11 system includes the main canopy and harness and the T-11R reserve parachute. • Carries a paratrooper with a total exit weight of 400 lbs. • Reduces jumper injury rate by over 75 ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: When this Airborne student collided with a Humvee parked in the drop zone, our camera crew feared she was seriously injured, if not worse.

MOSCOW, April 28. /TASS/. The latest multi-purpose parachute platform with enhanced lifting capacity is being developed for Russian paratroopers, Chief of the Airborne Force Command’s Airborne ...

TASS/. The latest D-14 Shelest parachute developed for paratroopers to carry out jumps in the Ratnik combat gear, enables them to plunge into battle and fire their guns while in mid-air ...

That day, 48 paratroopers hopped onto two planes to undertake what they thought was just routine training. For them to be enlisted as members of the 1st Parachute Company, they had undergone ...

Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team.