Paratroopers In Action

Diverse group of paratroopers descending from the sky using different parachute types against a blue backdrop, showcasing military airborne training and coordinated jumps.

The Liberty Jump Team, both Active Duty and retired Military Personnel, and Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump into Normandy, France, June 7, 2022. Personnel and Paratroopers all jumped to honor the Paratroopers who jumped into Normandy in 1944.

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

Group of parachutists

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon descends after jumping from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over the Ladson Army Airfield during pararescue training. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Liberty Jump Team, both Active Duty and retired Military Personnel, and Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump into Normandy, France, June 7, 2022. Personnel and Paratroopers all jumped to honor the Paratroopers who jumped into Normandy in 1944.

The Liberty Jump Team, both Active Duty and retired Military Personnel, and Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump into Normandy, France, June 7, 2022. Personnel and Paratroopers all jumped to honor the Paratroopers who jumped into Normandy in 1944.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct an aerial ammunition resupply during exercise Atlantic Dragon on Camp Blanding, Florida, United States, March 30, 2022. Atlantic Dragon is a force generation exercise pushing CLR-37 as an arrival assembly operations group to provide tactical logistics support to III Marine Expeditionary Force. The exercise consists of an experimental maritime prepositioned force's offload tactics of military equipment that will support the field exercise training to increase combat readiness and efficiency. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

The Liberty Jump Team, both Active Duty and retired Military Personnel, and Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division jump into Normandy, France, June 7, 2022. Personnel and Paratroopers all jumped to honor the Paratroopers who jumped into Normandy in 1944.

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers conduct an Airborne jump out of a C-130 aircraft using a variety of parachutes 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.

Paratrooper in the sky

A Romanian Paratrooper conducts 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.

February 26, 2006 - An Armed Forces of the Philippines paratrooper wearing an MC1-C parachute descends after jumping from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 Hercules aircraft over Clark Air Field, Pampanga, Philippines, during Exercise Balikatan 2006.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion airdropped a Humvee on JBER's Malemute Drop Zone, followed by approximately 60 Paratroopers from a C-17 aircraft, Wed. April 17, 2013. The paratroopers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division recently completed post-deployment RESET, and are transitioning the brigade to assuming part of the quick reaction force mission for the Pacific Theater.

A HMMWV and M119 105 mm howitzer assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade are airdropped over the Joint Multinational Readiness Center during Saber Junction 22 in Hohenfels, Germany, Sep. 8, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and allied and partner nations at the U.S. Armys Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct airborne operation after exiting a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft at Juliet Drop Zone, Pordenone, Italy, Oct. 5, 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 group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers conduct an Airborne jump out of a C-130 aircraft using a variety of parachutes 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.

DF-ST-88-03741. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers conduct an Airborne jump out of a C-130 aircraft using a Polish 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.

DF-ST-86-09345. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '85 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) 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

DF-ST-88-09909. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) 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

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion conduct an ariel supply package delivery from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during an airborne operation onto Bayonet Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 9, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. 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 alo

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct an airborne operation from a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft onto Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy on May 17, 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 Paratrooper from the 3rd Battalion 325 Infantry Regiment glides to earth after jumping from a USAF C-141 aircraft. The jump was part of a joint Special Operations exercise between the United States and Great Britain.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: ROARING LION Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DA-ST-87-08550. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team- Airborne (173rd IBCT ABN) conduct airborne operations during Exercise Saber Junction 22 at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a combat training rotation designed to assess the readiness of the 173rd IBCT (ABN) in executing operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allied and partner nations.

Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat Dropped by Parachute

Parachutist Jumper in the helmet after the jump

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

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division (Arctic Angels) descend after jumping from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III operated by the 517th Airlift Squadron over Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 20, 2022. Following the airborne training some of the paratroopers simulated jump casualties for 673d Medical Group Airmen participating in the Arctic Warrior Challenge 2022. The Arctic Warrior Challenge was a scenario-based field training exercise designed to hone the 673d Medical Group Airmens tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) skills, improve operational readiness, and foster unit cohesion. TCCC outlines prehospital combat medicine devised to provide lifesaving care to injured combatants, to limit the risk of further casualties, and to help achieve mission success.

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.

A C-141 Starlifter aircraft drops troops over the drop zone during exercise Bold Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group of U.S. Army and European Paratroopers decends to the Drop Zone using their French and 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

Paratroopers, C-141 Starlifter jet

Parachutist Jumper in the helmet after the jump

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion release a M119A3 Howitzer from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a heavy-drop airborne operation onto Bayonet Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. 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

Paratroopers descend on Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history. Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON TEAM Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct a training jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into Bunker Drop Zone at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Nov. 12, 2013, as part of Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) 14-01A. JMRC provides U.S. and European partner military units and personnel with realistic pre-deployment training scenarios in all aspects of armed conflict.

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

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Russell Anderson floats down to the ground Oct. 24, 2014, after jumping from a C-130 Hercules over the Coyle Drop Zone, N.J. The C-130 is assigned to the Delaware Air National Guard's 166th Airlift Wing. Anderson is from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne).

Members of the US Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team float towards the earth during Luke Day Airshow, in front of a crowd (Not shown) at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. An estimated 150,000 people attended the one-day event, the first to take place here in three years. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division conduct a military freefall operation at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Jan. 26, 2022. The Marines Corps, Army, and Air Force conducted joint reconnaissance operations to prepare the battlespace for follow-on actions. The training, conducted concurrently with Keen Edge 22, demonstrates the joint forces ability to integrate command and control, expand battlefield awareness, and conduct long-range precision strikes as an enduring, stand-in-force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lorenzo Ducato)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Dave Valdez, the operations officer for Marine Corps Advisory Company Bravo, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Corps Reserves, performs static-line parachute operations into Drop Zone Basilone on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 4, 2022. 3rd ANGLICO conducted low-level static line parachute insertion operations in order to enhance the tactical and operational readiness of its Marines for exercises and real-world operations.

A US airborne soldier adjusts his approach before landing on the drop zone ain Thailand, during an US/Thai joint-combined jump exchange at this year's Exercise COBRA GOLD 2001. A jump exchange is a time honored jump tradition that affords individuals the opportunity to earn the right to wear the wings of foreign military paratroopers who participate in the jump exchange. CG '01 is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2001 Country: Thailand (THA)

Master Sgt. Rudy Parsons, pararescueman for the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, and Callie, his search and rescue K-9, complete a parachute insertion into Fort McCoy, Wis., July 16, 2019, as part of Patriot North, an annual domestic operations exercise designed to provide natural disaster response training. Callie is currently the only search and rescue dog in the entire Department of Defense.

0210925-M-1103B-031. Subject Operation/Series: COPE SOUTH 2002 Base: Chittagong Air Base Country: Bangladesh (BGD) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-152

Rear view medium close up shot from the rear entrance of a USAF C-130 Hercules Cargo aircraft at US Marines from Company A, 5th Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, as they've just jumped from the plane with their MC5 Static Line Square Parachutes and 100-pound All-purpose Light Weight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) packs to the ground after performing a 6-thousand foot combat jump during the Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Subject Operation/Series: FORECONEX Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Battalion glides while parachuting from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, at Santa Cruz Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 6, 2022. UNITAS LXIII air and parachute operations are part of an integrated, multinational event to enable interoperability and the sharing of knowledge between partner nation forces supporting the exercise. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division (82nd Abn. Div.) preform a jump during the 82nd Abn. Div. 76th Convention in Orlando, Fl, Aug 11, 2022. Veterans of the 82nd Abn. Div., families, and Active Duty personnel were among the crowds watching the jump.

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.

A Soldier of Bravo Company 2-19th Special Forces Group descends after jumping from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during the Òfirst shotÓ ceremony at the Camp Perry Joint Training Center, Port Clinton, Ohio, Monday, July 12, 2010. The ceremony is the official start of the National Matches, a six week series of international rifle and pistol marksmanship competitions hosted by the Ohio National Guard, Civilian Marksmanship Program and National Rifle Association. (Ohio National Guard

A U.S. Army paratrooperassignedtothe Brigade Support Battalion, 173rdAirborneBrigade, conducts an airborneoperation withU.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraftontoJuliet DZ, Pordenone, Italy, Jan. 11, 2024.The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployableforces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployedacross Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships andstrengthen the alliance.

Three bundles descend onto Chièvres Drop Zone as U.S. Airmen with the 37th Airlift Squadron perform a training low cost low altitude (LCLA) airdrop from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Feb. 15, 2024. The LCLA airdrop is accomplished by dropping 80-500 pounds bundles with pre-packed expendable parachutes as a routine training for aircrews that support contingency operations. Army

Floating on mushrooming green parachutes, members of the 1ST Battalion Airborne, 501st Infantry, Fort Richardson, Alaska, pepper the sky in their careful descent over Donnelly Drop Zone. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '96 Base: Donnelly Drop Zone State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980620-F-2171A-021. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Corps C-130 with Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, offloads a container delivery system for 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.

Parachutes fill the air during a supply drop by a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft is being used during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Sahara Desert

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 German paratrooper lands during a water jump at Lake Constance, Germany, July 28, 2022. German and U.S. Special Operations Command Europe paratroopers performed the water landing under supervision in order to enhance readiness and proper procedures in the event of an emergency parachute landing in a body of water.

Parachutes fill the air over the drop zone as participants in exercise Ocean Venture '81 jump from several C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '81 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Nebraska Army National Guard descend under parachute canopies during airborne operations training from a C-130 Hercules on Rattlesnake Drop Zone at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, July 23, 2022. The 2nd Battalion is the newest unit to join the 45th IBCT, bringing with them airborne capabilities that the 45th has not had in more than 50 years. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. John Stoner)

A cadet nears the ground after jumping from a Twin Otter aircraft during training. Base: USAF Academy, Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-88-09253. Base: Naval Air Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

A C-130 Hercules aircraft climbs away after airdropping a load of supplies needed to set up an aerial port, part of a training session for members of the 3rd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

DA-SN-86-08533. Base: Belford Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, lands on the drop zone during an airborne operation at Operation Viking at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass. July 23, 2022. Operation Viking is an intense joint task force exercise designed to prepare Soldiers with realistic training simulating the deployment of civil affairs units in direct support of a contingency operation in Africa.

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 437th Air Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., air delivers pallets of water and food to Mirebalais, Haiti, Jan 21, 2010 to be distributed by the members of the United Nations. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010.

In celebration of the 61st Anniversary of 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Soldiers participated in the annual water jump during Reunion Week at Paris Landing State Park, Tn. on Sept. 24, 2022.

A pallet containing two 55-gallon drums of water, lands at the Fuji Drop Zone by parachute. The pallet was dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Soldiers execute jumps out of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 3, 2014, at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan. The Soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the C-130 is assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct airborne operation after exiting a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft at Juliet Drop Zone, Pordenone, Italy, Oct. 5, 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.

Parachutist Jumper in the helmet after the jump

The jumper seems to feel very comfortable and relaxed. July 20, 1955. (Photo by Camera Clix).

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 paratrooper from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Kadena Air Base, Japan floats towards the earth after a HALO jump, at 10,000 ft, from a HC-130 aircraft during the training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040511-F-9085B-002. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030115-A-2442C-060. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Heritage Drop Zone State: Kosovo

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.

A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division parachutes from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation Toy Drop 2007 at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Dec. 8, 2007. The 10th Annual Randy Oler memorial Operation Toy Drop hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) is a foreign wings exchange and community service operation to support the military and local in the Fayetteville area.

A box of Meals-Ready-to-Eat floats to the ground during an air drop and sling load exercise as part of a U.S. Pathfinder course at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers graduated the course, which was taught by a mobile training team at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, Georgia. Each Soldier was assigned an MRE package and tasked with coordinating an air drop at a specific location. Army Pathfinders are trained to provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders. During the Pathfinder course, students are instructed in aircraft orientation, aero-medical evacuation, close combat assault, ground to air communication procedures, control center operations, all three phases of a sling load operation, helicopter landing zone and pick up zone operations, and drop zone operations dealing with U.S. military fixed and rotary wing aircraft for personnel and equipment.

Paratroopers from the Canada Search and Rescue fly in surrounded by mountains and land on the grass at the Pemberton airport during a training mission.

A paratrooper with the United States Army flies the American flag during the national anthem during an air show, at Dayton, Ohio, July 31, 2022. The Dayton Airshow is an annual event held at the Dayton International Airport for aerobatics demonstrations and static displays of aircraft.

110716-N-GL686-180VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 16, 2011) The U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, perform a down plane maneuver during a capabilities exercise at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story as part of the 42nd annual UDT/SEAL East Coast Reunion celebration.

980624-F-5772H-001. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Jim Danley, 82nd Airborne Division uses a meter to check the wind direction as cargo is dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

221211-N-TT059-1018 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) The NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft parachutes into the ocean off the coast of Southern Mexico, where San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) waits to retrieve the capsule, Dec. 11, 2022. Portland is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet in support of the recovery. The retrieval operation is part of a Department of Defense effort that integrates combatant command and service capabilities to determine best practices for safely retrieving spacecraft capable of carrying humans into space. The U.S. Navy has many unique capabilities that make it an ideal partner for supporting NASA, including its amphibious and expeditionary capabilities with the ability to embark helicopters, launch and recover small boats, three-dimensional air search radar and advanced medical facilities.

Members of the Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, parachute into Millington-Memphis Airport, during Memphis Navy Week. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in metropolitan areas that do not have a significant Navy presence.

U.S. Army paratroopersassignedtothe Brigade Support Battalion, 173rdAirborneBrigade, conduct an airborneoperation withU.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraftontoJuliet DZ, Pordenone, Italy, Jan. 11, 2024.The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployableforces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployedacross Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships andstrengthen the alliance.

U.S. Navy Parachute Team Leap Frogs Descend With Smoke into Naval Base San Diego

U.S. Army paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, jump from a C-17 Globemaster III as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 8, 2024. JPMRC 24-02 depends on joint, multi-component and multinational partners to succeed, including U.S. Air Force air and ground crews, U.S. Marines, and international military participants from more than five countries, a testament to the realism and authenticity of its world-class training capability. Army

DA-SN-86-08553. Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

The U.S. Navy Parachute Team, nicknamed the Leap Frogs, conducts an aerial demonstration from a U.S. Army C-147A at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 23, 2022. The Leap Frogs Navy Parachute Team is made up of active-duty Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen and support personnel. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Big Red and Michael Goulian with the National Anthem Patriot Parachute Team perform during the National Anthem at the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure Air Show, Oshkosh, Wis., July 27, 2022. EAA is the largest annual air show in the U.S. and coined as The Worlds Greatest Aviation celebration.

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division (82nd Abn. Div.) preform a jump during the 82nd Abn. Div. 76th Convention in Orlando, Fl, Aug 11, 2022. Veterans of the 82nd Abn. Div., families, and Active Duty personnel were among the crowds watching the jump.

Parachutist, GSG-9 unit of the German Federal Police, elite counter-terrorism and special operations unit of the German Federal Police, Germany, Europe

A Belgian paratrooper descends with his parachute during a sustainment training week for Belgian Special Operations Paratroopers, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, April 19, 2022.

A U.S. Special Operations Command parachute team member, Para-Commando, makes their decent to ground during the opening ceremony of the Ellsworth Air & Space Show - Raider Country Open House event, May 15, 2022. The two-day airshow showcased a variety of military and aerial acts with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aerial demonstration team headlining the event.

Paratroopers from the Pathfinder Platoon descend through the sky after jumping from a C-130 Hercules

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