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 ...

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 ...

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 multiple-award, indefinite ...