U.S. Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a high altitude low opening jump during category 3 sustainment training in Louisburg ...

We explore the story of the British X-Type parachute - the essential piece of equipment that carried airborne troops into some of the most critical operations of the Second World War. From North ...

A pilot, co-pilot, and a navigator don't even begin to scratch the surface of what it takes to fly a B-52. Other crews also put a lot of hard work into the huge aircraft. Something about the B-52 that ...

Spirit in the sky-dive. A Spirit Airlines passenger sparked guffaws galore after he was spotted wearing a parachute aboard a flight — with many viewers joking that it was a smart move given the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The phased-deployment model for the kind of parachute that saved a father and his teenaged daughter this past weekend over Long ...

A parachute that was reportedly attached to pigeons to carry handwritten messages during World War II has been found after roughly 80 years. A family recently donated the rare item to the House on the ...

When was the first parachute jump? Google poses the question with a doodle that spotlights French parachutist Andre-Jacques Garnerin. On Oct. 22, 1797 -- 216 years ago today -- in a Paris exhibition, ...