Anyone who has thrown themselves out of a military plane over the last two decades has likely survived because of J.C. Berland. As the vice president of engineering at Airborne Systems, the U.S.

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 ...

Useful for seizing isolated airfields deep behind enemy lines which can then be used to receive and deploy more troops and armaments, the tactic of mass parachute jumps has a long history with ...

It could take more than a year before the case of a Special Forces medic suing a parachute manufacturer is resolved, according to court documents. Staff Sgt. Brycen Erdody and his wife Cassidy Erdody ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Army is suspending use of its first new parachute since the 1950s after a paratrooper was killed while jumping with the updated model, which features a square-shaped canopy ...

Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes. By Joshua Skovlund Updated Aug 12, 2024 10:05 AM EDT ...

Some parachutes feature openings or holes, which aid in stability and control. Without a means for some air to escape through the top of the canopy, wind could force the parachute to rock ...

An 82nd Airborne paratrooper who died during a weekend training operation at Fort Bragg was using a new style of parachute, military officials said Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Jamal Clay, 25, of Elida, Ohio, ...

JC Berland's T-11 is the main parachute for the U.S. military. (Spc. Giovanny Lopez/Army via Canva) Anyone who has thrown themselves out of a military plane over the last two decades has likely ...