FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with ...

It replaced the old MC-5 chutes, which were capable of only static-line and freefall jumps. The Multi-Mission Parachute System provides more flexibility to the Corps by offering more ...

A paratrooper becomes a towed jumper when the static line, or cord that's attached to ... what has become known as the Towed Jumper Recovery System, a special emergency parachute that jumpmasters ...

s Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division exit an aircraft wearing the T-11 parachute system. An investigation ... Schmigel's static line was misrouted. When exiting the plane, her main ...

Until recently, there were two ways to help a towed jumper, which occurs when the static line attached to the aircraft ... By purchasing the system from the UK, the Army saved approximately ...

Static-line parachuting has been a US military tactic since World War II. The use of a line that automatically pulls your parachute is an effective technique to deploy a large number of troops at ...

Currently, the Army uses the T-11 Advanced Tactical Parachute System (ATPS) as its primary static-line parachute. The T-11 was first introduced in 2007 and reached full operational capability in 2014.

Immediately, a jumpmaster-qualified soldier, who was acting as the ‘safety’ for the jump, pulled him back and adjusted his static line. The video caption states that the “jumper had the ...