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Paratroopers conduct massive static line jump from C-17 & C-130

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the HALO Jump and Static line technic used by US ...
WKRG

Mobile paratrooper veteran to make his 50th static line jump in Normandy for 80th D-Day Anniversary

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...
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Jumpmaster who saved paratrooper breaks down viral video

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt (left) shown in a video (right) stopping a paratrooper from suffering a “catastrophic injury” during a Nov.
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First-time US paratroopers' exciting static line jump from C-17

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about static line made by US paratroopers from Boeing C-17. Static line is a parachuting method used to open parachutes automatically, ...
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Local grandson of D-Day veteran makes the jump onto Normandy 80 years later

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Eighty years ago, some 13,000 paratroopers geared up for a jump behind enemy lines, not knowing if they would see another day. What has been called “The Longest Day,” was really ...
Military Times

A paratrooper recalls his final jump — and his walk off the drop zone

Editor’s note: This piece was first published in The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. The C-130 bounced ...
The Providence Journal

From ‘hit, shift and rotate’ to precision landing: Leapfest showcases parachuting evolution

I can still remember the old jumpmaster commands from 60 years ago in the days of “Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door …” Back in the day, we were taught to “Hit, shift and rotate” through a PLF, ...