Parachuting and Aerial Exercises

Photos depict military parachuting exercises, showcasing personnel performing jumps in various locations, emphasizing training and cooperative military operations.

Marine Parachuting, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942

In participation with EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, AirForce personnel with the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, perform Static jumps from the HC-130 near the B-16 range at Fallon Naval AirStation, Nevada.Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040625-F-0375W-025. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, executes a military free fall jump with Spanish Airmen of El Escuadron de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC) near Allcantarilla Air Base, Spain, July 26, 2022. NATO allies and partners stand together to ensure a Europe that is whole, free and at peace.

040316-M-9023R-175. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Force Reconnaissance

Marine Parachuting, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers decends to the Drop Zone using their T-11 parachutes during Exrcise Falcon Leap onto Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 14, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

A paratrooper is approaching the ground after jumping from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Members of Thai forces are involved in a joint parachute training exercise with a United States Air Force combat control team. Base: Huahin Country: Thailand (THA)

Paratroopers from the U.S., Belize, Mexico, Guyana, and Colombia conducted a static line jump from a C-130 Hercules in to the Manatee training site to begin two weeks of jungle training May 8, 2022 during TRADEWINDS22. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures; enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones; and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

Balikatan Jump

040321-F-0451J-117. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-130 aircraft using European and T-11 parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-130 aircraft using European and T-11 parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-130 aircraft using European and T-11 parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

011029-F-0308N-078. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2001 Country: Southwest Asia Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team perform aerial maneuvers. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin(WI) Country: United States Of America(USA)

An airdrop bundle parachutes down after being released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes.

A group of U.S. Army Paratroopers and International Paratroopers descend using their MC-6 parachute onto Glen Rock Drop Zone during Leapfest 2022 at Exeter, RI., August 6, 2022. Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community.

A Soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School prepares to land on Luzon Drop Zone during free fall training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina September 22, 2022. The military free fall parachutists jumped from 7,000 feet above the ground.

Paratrooper glides down with blue sky behind at Glen Rock Drop Zone during Leapfest 2022 at Exeter, Rhode Island, August 6, 2022. Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community.

British Parachutists on 50th anniversary of Battle of Arnhem, Ginkel Heide, Netherlands.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, Arctic Angels, descend after jumping from a Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules during airborne training at Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 4, 2022. Marine Corps aviators assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 out of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas supported the airborne training. The 2/11 IBCT (A) is the only airborne infantry brigade combat team in the Arctic and Pacific theaters, providing the combatant commander with the unique capability to project an expeditionary force by air.

A pararescueman nears the ground after jumping from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Sentry Castle '81. The airman is assigned to the 106th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Hancock Field State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Paratroopers dropping from an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley of No. 295 Squadron at Netheravon, October 1942. Paratroop drop over Netheravon from an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

A parachutist on the U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute team lands his parachute on the beach in Miami, Florida on 27 May 2022. The jumpers are making a jump to prepare for the upcoming Miami Air and Sea Show.

Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group perform static line jumps Dec. 12, 2014, over Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 820th BDG jumps regularly to maintain their readiness and capabilities.

A C-17 Globemaster III drops U.S. Army Soldiers over Sicily Drop Zone during Large Package Week at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C., Feb. 8, 2012. Large Package Week is a Joint Army and Air Force training exercise designed to continuously improve Joint Airborne combat and contingency capabilities.

Turboprop Prop Military Lockheed Martin Fixed Wing Aviat Airplanes USAF U.S. Air Force 517th Airlift Squadron C-130H Hercules airdrop parachute

U.S. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division parachute after jumping from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 12, 2010. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Rissmiller, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Members of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepares to land while conducting a high altitude, low opening (HALO) jumps in Manta Ecuador, May 19, 2022. Ecuadorian military and US forces are conducting routine military exchanges from May 6-27 between the cities of Manta and Latacunga. Bilateral exchanges allow both militaries to strengthen tactical readiness for future operations maintain readiness and support continue commitment in responding to emerging security crises and natural disasters.( U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Matthew Griffith)

on Camp Orange Barracks, Schaarsbergen, Netherlands., Sep. 14, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

A parachutist with the U.S. Army's Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, performs during the Kansas City Air Show on Sep. 3, 2022, in New Century, Kansas. The Golden Knights and 1st Infantry Division Soldiers attended the event in partnership with the Kansas City Army Recruiting Battalion to educate the public on Army service opportunities.

The U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue perform during the Fairchild Skyfest 2022 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 15, 2022. Fairchild Skyfest 2022 featured more than 13 aerial acts and 16 static display aircraft, as well as other attractions and displays.

061016-A-0497K-006. Base: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

090505-A-2388D-090 Capt. John Thomas, the commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to land on Holland Drop Zone May 5 on Fort Bragg. The jump was one of several conducted by the brigade to maintain proficiency in airborne operations before deploying to Afghanistan later this summer."No mater what, we are still the 82nd Airborne Division," Thomas said. "It's important for Paratroopers not to lose sight of the fact that at any time we have to be ready to rapidly deploy. We are the nation's strategic response force."

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-130 aircraft using European and T-11 parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team competes in the accuracy competition at the 4th Conseil Internationale du Sport MilitaireÌs (CISM) Military World Games in Hyderabad, India, Oct. 14, 2007. The CISM Military World Games is the largest international military Olympic-style event in the world.

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-130 aircraft using European and T-11 parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews.

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron prepares to touch down after conducting a static line jump over Ie Shima, Japan, March 29, 2023. When jumpers reach 200 feet above ground level, they face into the wind, lower their equipment and prepare to land by engaging five key body areas: the balls of the feet, the calves, thighs, buttocks and pull-up muscles.

A member of the Zapovjedništvo specijalnih snaga (Croatian Special Operations Forces Command) executes a military free fall (MFF) from a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing over Udbina, Croatia, July 21, 2022. The MFF was part of a Joint Combined Exchange Training, which included members of the U.S. Air Forces 352d Special Operations Wing, the U.S. Armys 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the ZSS. Ready and trained response forces, particularly special operations forces, are important capabilities contributing to deterrence.

030424-M-9892R-025. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Battalion 7th Marines

Paratrooper descends with US Army UH-60 and UH-47 above Glen Rock Drop Zone during Leapfest 2022 at Exeter, Rhode Island, August 6, 2022. Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community.

Group of parachutists

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conducts an airborne operation from a C17 Globemaster III Aircraft from Papa Air Base Hungary onto Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy on July 7, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

A Belgian Paratrooper performs a freefall jump as jumpmasters assigned to the CE Para training center conduct sustainment training jumps for Belgian Special Operations Paratroopers, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, April 20, 2022.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldier assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade descend from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron over JGSDF Narashino Training Area, Japan, April 19, 2022, during a bilateral airborne jump. Ninety-nine JGSDF paratroopers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade conducted airborne jump from Two Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The goal of this event is to improve interoperability between the USAF and JGSDF by defense and information exchanges to deepen mutual understanding of each unit, and to further cement the U.S. and Japanese alliance.

Paratroopers in the sky

A Soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School lands on Luzon Drop Zone during free fall training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina September 22, 2022. The military free fall parachutists jumped from 7,000 feet above the ground.

DF-ST-85-10911. Base: West Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG)

Staff Sgt. Gabe Colon of the Golden Knights Black demonstration team, flies the Prisoner of war(POW) flag into the target air during the Bethpage airshow, may 29, 2022.

030811-F-4884R-007. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE XI Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine from 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve lands at the Camp Shelby Joint Training Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, November 10, 2022, in support of Operation Santa Drop.” This event brought toys to military children via parachute in support of Toys for Tots 75th anniversary. Many of the Marines wore their dress blue uniforms to formally assist Staff Sergeant Clause in the aerial delivery. Toys for Tots is a Marine Corps Reserve charitable program that collects, organizes, and distributes toys to less fortunate children across the nation in hopes of bringing happiness to children, and relief to families, during the Christmas season.

Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat Dropped by Parachute Lands Successfully

A U.S. Air Force combat controller jumps with the American flag during the 2011 Aviation Nation Open House Nov. 12, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Aviation Nation celebrates 70 years of airpower in Las Vegas and the Air Force's accomplishments in air, space and cyberspace.

A Combat Control Team member from the First Special Operations Wing, after descending to the ground by HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group of U.S. Army and European Reenactor Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-47 Dakota aircraft using European parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

A Chinook from 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation conducts sling load training with soldiers from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade at the Helicopter Training Area, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash on Feb. 20, 2020.

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers descends onto the Drop Zone from a C-130 aircraft using European and T-11 parachutes during Exercise Falcon Leap at Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 17, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

A remote control parachute is used to guide a pallet of cargo to the drop zone during a "power point" drop. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

FORT BENNING, GA. - Army Rangers descend by parachute as a U.S. Air Force MC-130 Combat Talon II assigned to the 15th Special Operation Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Fla., flies by during Ranger Rendezvous 2009 over Ft. Benning, Ga. More than 1,000 Rangers assigned to four Ranger battalions from across the country participated in a mass tactical jump flown by U.S. Air Force aircraft.

Three members of a Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team drift toward the ground during a training parachute jump over Green Beach. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A survival training student is instructed on how to perform various turns during a parasailing lesson at the Naval Aviation Schools Command. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Paratroop Training in Britain, October 1942 Paratroop training drop from a static balloon. A parachute above the static balloon.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, release heavy drop packages with a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraftonto Frida Drop Zone at Pordenone, Italy on Jan. 9, 2024.The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Royal Thai Marines with 1st Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon connect with the ground after parachuting out of a C-130 Hercules during bilateral parachute jump training as a part of Cobra Gold 2013 in the Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 18. Thailand and the United States are committed to working together in areas of common interest for the stabilization of regional security. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

Group of parachutists

A member of the 193rd Command Parachute Team displays his skill in a free fall jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Black Hawk IV. Subject Operation/Series: BLACK HAWK IV Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A Soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School prepares to land on Luzon Drop Zone during free fall training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina September 22, 2022. The military free fall parachutists jumped from 7,000 feet above the ground.

San Diego, California: August 3, 1927 A Navy "daredevil" from the Coronado Naval Air Station jumps from an airplane using two parachutes, both of which are open.

Membersof the U.S. Army Parachute Team jump from their aircraft, the C-147A, for a demonstration jump at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on 8 July, 2022. The jump is ahead of the Selfridge Open House and Air Show on July 9 and 10.

A U.S. Army Paratrooper decends to the Drop Zone using his T-11 parachute during Exrcise Falcon Leap onto Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 14, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, fly the American flag as they perform a demonstration above the crowd at Cheyenne Frontier Days arena as part of the Military Appreciation Monday grand entry on July 25, 2022.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct an air delivery exercise at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2022. The purpose of the exercise was to maintain training and readiness qualifications as well as simulate a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System ammunition resupply via air delivery. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force's comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

010504-F-1199N-004. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Parachutists landing in the drop zone at the Army Airborne School including prospective Navy SEALs fresh out of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUS/S) training. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion perform a freefall jump from a KC-130J Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 over Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 27, 2022. On this day 82 years ago, 39 Marines began their training at the U.S. Navys Bureau of Aeronautics in Lakehurst, New Jersey, to become the first ever “Paramarines”.

A pararescueman from the 129th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group of the Air National Guard drops into the ocean off the coast of California during a practice rescue mission. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Sergeant 1st Class (ret.) Dana Bowman descends from the sky after jumping from a plane during the closing ceremony while God Bless the USA plays at the Deer Creek Course at The Landings Club, Savannah, Georgia, March 27, 2021. Bowman was a special forces Soldier and a member of the Golden Knights Parachute team when he served in the active duty Army.

Staff Sgt. Daniel Osorio of the U.S. Army Parachute Team lands his parachute after videoing a tandem jump in Perris, California on 27 July, 2022. Osorio is a native of southern California.

The U.S. Navy Leap Frogs perform during the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days as part of the Military Appreciation Monday grand entry on July 25, 2022.

050714-F-7564C-243. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Army Soldiers, National Guardsmen, and civilians from the Program Executive Officer Soldier from around the United States, demonstrate the new RA-1 Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System during the last day of the Georgia Army National Guard Parachute Operations Mishap Preventative Orientation Course (POMPOC) 2019, May 2, 2019, at MidCoast Regional Airport at Wright Army Airfield, Fort Stewart; Hinesville, Georgia. POMPOC is a week-long course from April 28 to May 3, 2019, that blends jumpmasters from Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard units into one forum where they conduct classes and seminars to discuss new trends, procedures, and equipment.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aviation day military aviation at Kemajoran airport. Fly show. Parachutists. March 9, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

The Royal Air Force Falcons Parachute Display Team in action

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Daniel Valez, assigned to the 4th Force Reconnaissance, gently floats to earth while participating in a parachute drop during day combat equipment training at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii (HI). (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0602552 or search 040316M9023R127). Base: Schofield Barracks, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division (Arctic Angels) conduct airborne operations at Malemute Drop Zone after exiting a U.S. Air Force C-17 GlobeMaster III, assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, August 24, 2022. The Arctic Angels stay proficient at their primary function of being a Joint Forcible Entry unit, able to respond and project power across the Pacific within 18 hours.

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conducts a mass airdrop of paratroopers from the U.S. Armys 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, out of Vicenza, Italy, Feb. 10, 2012. More than 300 paratroopers were dropped to commemorate 70 years of combat airlift abilities for the 37th AS.

U.S. Air Force C-130s conduct an airdrop on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Nov 1, 2022. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23-01 is a regional combat training center (CTC) rotation that builds combat readiness in Americas Pacific Division and is a key way the Army forces engage in a joint environment with our regional allies and partners.

Belgian paratroopers jump during sustainment training week for Belgian Special Operation Paratroopers, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, April 25, 2022.

A group of German Paratroopers conduct an Airborne jump out of a C-130 aircraft using a British parachute during Exercise Falcon Leap onto Hechtselse Heide Drop Zone, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium., Sep. 15, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise.

Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, fly the American flag as they perform a demonstration above the crowd at Cheyenne Frontier Days arena as part of the Military Appreciation Monday grand entry on July 25, 2022.

A member of the Misty Blues all-female sky diving team soars in with the American flag during the Frontiers in Flight airshow at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Sept. 24, 2022. The airshow featured 12 performers and served as a way for military members and installations to show appreciation to local communities and showcase Department of Defense and Air Force capabilities. Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the world, the birthplace of some very famous airframes.

DN-SC-88-09255. Base: Naval Air Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force, jump from a C-130 Hercules at Hearne Municipal Airport, Hearne, Texas, July 20, 2022. This training was conducted during exercise Desert Eagle 2022 to reinforce proper techniques and the Marines proficiency in support of future III MEF operations within the Indo-Pacific region.

Paratroopers from 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct an airborne operation with from a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, January 13, 2015. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projective ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Command areas of responsibility within 18 hours.

Paratroopers descend during the training exercise Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop exercise in history. Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON TEAM Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Army paratrooper approaches the ground after a parachute drop at the Open House Air Show. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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