Large formations use quick-snapping static line rigs whose designs date to the parachute regiments of World War II. Special operations ... NCOIC and the top jump master of the Airborne and Special ...

During his time of service, he completed 45 static ... will jump from vintage C-47 airplanes while wearing authentic uniforms and gear. The parachutes will also have World War II-era round canopies.

It was more than 73 years ago, yet Halo remembers his days as a World War II paratrooper vividly ... recover safely from the jump, locate and rejoin their units and successfully engage the ...

With help from the nonprofit All Airborne Battalion, which trains veterans and civilians to make static-line ... World War II paratroopers in Normandy for years to come. The full story of their ...

Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday ... While theirs was a daytime jump Sunday, unlike for Allied airborne troops who jumped at night early on D-Day, and ...