THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) released a statement today through The Singapore Army Facebook page in response to a viral Facebook post about SAF parachutes being outsourced to “foreign” “PRC ...

The 75th Ranger Regiment should review its oversight of civilian-contracted parachute packers and implement several procedural changes following a March 2019 free-fall accident that killed a seasoned ...

WHAT: A request for information from the Army for an IT solution to track cargo and personnel parachute inventory. WHY: A lot of paperwork used to go into tracking parachutes to make sure they were ...

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 ...

MIESAU ARMY DEPOT, Germany -- Parachute riggers are an airborne Soldier's best friend. When a Soldier jumps out of an airplane, he wants to be confident his parachute will be fully functional -- ...

HIGHLAND, N.Y. – State police on Wednesday provided photos of a parachute and pack that they say are similar to the ones worn by a skydiver who fell to his death this past weekend in the town of ...

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 ...

I heard a story recently about a soldier who parachuted out of a plane during a military conflict years ago, landing safely on the ground and eventually making it safely back home. Years later, at a ...

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 ...

“Let each of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” — Philippians 2:4 Recently, I heard a short story about a Vietnam veteran named Charles Plumb. Plumb was a ...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany Aca,!" A couple of Army paratroopers dropped into the Ramstein Air Base Intermediate School in support of the Kids4Kids program April 24, and they brought their parachutes ...

The 75th Ranger Regiment should review its oversight of civilian-contracted parachute packers and implement several procedural changes following a March 2019 free-fall accident that killed a seasoned ...