The Army is testing a new reserve parachute in its quest to minimize malfunctions. The new reserve parachute has a ripcord handle that is a single pin pull and an updated handle that protects from ...

Few attending the 2024 Selfridge Open House & Air Show may have noticed, but a member of a parachute team that performed Sunday had a problem in mid-air and was forced to use his reserve chute. That’s ...

LONGMONT ” A professional skydiver died after problems with both her main and backup parachutes during a competition, sending her into an uncontrolled spin to the ground. Mariann Kramer, 37, of ...

UPDATE: Authorities reported Tuesday morning that Haaf’s main parachute was recovered from a wooded area about a mile from the spot where he landed. A skydiver killed in a jump accident on Sunday ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CN) - A mother claims a "fail-safe" parachute failed to open, sending her daughter hurtling to her death. The mother seeks damages from Airtec, the German company that made the ...

Task & Purpose photo composite. On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at ...

Editor’s Note: This article was published as part of a content-sharing agreement between Army Times and The Fayetteville Observer. It could take more than a year before the case of a Special Forces ...

Useful for seizing isolated air fields deep behind enemy lines, which can then be used to receive and deploy more troops and armaments, the tactic of mass parachute jumps was used successfully by ...

The woman was jumping at Skydive Spaceland Atlanta at the time of the accident, according to reports Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...

Aug. 15—The person who died in a skydiving accident at Lost Prairie Aug. 4 has been identified as Shannon H. Milian, 47, of Portland, Oregon, Flathead County Sheriff Deputy coroner Jared Lako said.