MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An Eight Mile man who jumped into Normandy on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day recounted the overwhelming support from locals he experienced after the jump.

EXETER, R.I. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in Leapfest 2025, at Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 2, 2025. The 767th EOD Company and 722nd EOD Company from the ...

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia – As the community at Robins Air Force Base celebrated the 70th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules in action, a select group of paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 507th ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Some people would never dream of jumping from a plane. However, for 98-year-old PFC Vincent Speranza, jumping is an annual tradition. Speranza, who celebrated his birthday on ...

U.S. troops have been jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for more than 80 years, but a significant amount of training and preparation has gone into making paratroopers actually combat effective.

Army Staff Sgt. Jared Leonard (far right) of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, a 2004 graduate of Rantoul Township High School, prepares to parachute out of a C-17 plane during a ...

ELOY, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) - An investigation is underway after a 73-year-old experienced skydiver died following a formation jump in Arizona. Eloy Police say the incident happened just after 12 p.m ...