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 ...
Ever wondered how a BASE jumper preps for a jump? In this first-person POV tutorial, I walk you through exactly how I pack my ...
As the story goes... Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was shot down by a missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy military. He was captured ...
FORT LEE, Va. -- The U.S. Army Quartermaster School’s Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department dedicated one of its parachute-packing classrooms July 21 in memory of a XVIII Airborne Corps ...
Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. He has been the subject of a short story familiar to many. Plumb’s plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile and he ejected safely, but ...
The Logistics Noncommissioned Officer Academy (LNCOA) was established at Fort Lee (known as Fort Gregg-Adams since April of 2023), Virginia, in August 2009. The academy delivers professional military ...