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 ...

Useful for seizing isolated airfields deep behind enemy lines which can then be used to receive and deploy more troops and armaments, the tactic of mass parachute jumps has a long history with ...

Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne School, each depending on a parachute to get them safely to the ...