American paratroopers use a wide range of parachutes. Large formations use quick-snapping static line rigs whose designs date to the parachute regiments of World War II. Special operations teams ...

French paratroopers conducted a low-level airborne drop on British territory on the same day President Emmanuel Macron ...

Churches in Normandy, France honor the American paratroopers who landed on D-Day as biblical heroes with dramatic images in stained-glass windows — fascinating points of interest for any traveler.

U.S. paratroopers had a liquid drop zone this week, with Lake Garda serving as the latest scene of water airborne operations training for members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

It was his job to make sure the pilots’ parachutes were folded and packed correctly while flying their training missions from bases in the United States, and then taking care of his comrades ...

Two paratroopers were injured shortly before a University of Arizona baseball game after they appeared to suffer a hard landing April 12, 2025.

LARGO — Heaven Dropt is a non-profit in Pinellas County, bringing new life to some old parachutes. They say they honor paratroopers by taking military parachutes that would have been thrown away ...

On June 6, 1944, some 13,000 U.S. paratroopers plunged down onto the bloodied beaches of Nazi-occupied France. They helped change the course of WWII.

LOPBURI, Thailand — Sweaty, tired and dehydrated, more than 100 U.S. paratroopers from Alaska sought refuge this week in what little shade they could find on nearly barren farmland in central ...