EXETER, R.I. (WHDH) - After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s longest running international static line parachute event returned to Rhode Island on Saturday. Paratroopers ...
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 ...
US Army Green Berets from the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Greek Special Operations Forces conducted nighttime static line parachute jumps from a C-130 aircraft over the Gulf of Elefsina, ...
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. - The annual LEAPFEST International Parachute Competition kicked off in Exeter, Rhode Island, July 31- Aug. 9. The competition attracts paratroopers from across the globe to jump in ...
A California family is mourning the loss of a young Marine, killed in a parachuting accident in Coolidge on Monday. Twenty-two-year-old Alejandro 'Alex' Romero died in a double-bag static line ...
Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The ...