THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) released a statement today through The Singapore Army Facebook page in response to a viral Facebook post about SAF parachutes being outsourced to “foreign” “PRC ...

HIGHLAND, N.Y. – State police on Wednesday provided photos of a parachute and pack that they say are similar to the ones worn by a skydiver who fell to his death this past weekend in the town of ...

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 ...

MIESAU ARMY DEPOT, Germany -- Parachute riggers are an airborne Soldier's best friend. When a Soldier jumps out of an airplane, he wants to be confident his parachute will be fully functional -- ...

For Soldiers in the 421st Quartermaster Company, "attention to detail" is less a catch phrase than a lifesaving mission statement. Parachute riggers with the unit, based in Fort Valley, Ga., pack ...

The 75th Ranger Regiment should review its oversight of civilian-contracted parachute packers and implement several procedural changes following a March 2019 free-fall accident that killed a seasoned ...

As the story goes... Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was shot down by a missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy military. He was captured ...

What happens after you pull the parachute and land safely on the ground? Well, it’s gotta get packed up. BASE jumper Sean Chuma shows us how he packs up a parachute and it’s a lot of freaking work.