Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leapfest, the largest military parachuting competition of its kind, was poised to take off from Quonset State Airport on Saturday ...

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday unveiled indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) and successfully underwent a combat free-fall jump from an ...

Military parachutes are built around reliability and safety rather than freedom of movement. This video explains why ...

Leapfest, the largest static-line military parachuting competition in the world, is set to kick off in Rhode Island on Aug. 2, 2025. Paratroopers from around the world, including Belgium, Oman, and ...

JC Berland's T-11 is the main parachute for the U.S. military. (Spc. Giovanny Lopez/Army via Canva) Anyone who has thrown themselves out of a military plane over the last two decades has likely ...

NATICK, Mass. - Four parachute riggers assigned to the Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Soldier Center recently competed in Leapfest 2025, the annual International Military ...

Ventura County residents, especially those near the Oxnard Airport, can expect to see military parachutes in the sky throughout the week, according to local officials. The activity is part of a ...

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 ...

PORTERVILLE, California (KFSN) — A U.S. Navy Sailor died in a parachute training mission out of the Porterville airport in Tulare County last Thursday. Their identity has yet to be released as ...

Leapfest, the largest military parachuting competition of its kind, was poised to take off from Quonset State Airport on Saturday morning. The chutes were packed and checked. But Mother Nature wasn't ...