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 ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

WHAT: A request for information from the Army for an IT solution to track cargo and personnel parachute inventory. WHY: A lot of paperwork used to go into tracking parachutes to make sure they were ...

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 ...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany Aca,!" A couple of Army paratroopers dropped into the Ramstein Air Base Intermediate School in support of the Kids4Kids program April 24, and they brought their parachutes ...

Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. He has been the subject of a short story familiar to many. Plumb’s plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile and he ejected safely, but ...

“Let each of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” — Philippians 2:4 Recently, I heard a short story about a Vietnam veteran named Charles Plumb. Plumb was a ...

The recent attention given to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk reminded me of a remarkable story about Charles Plumb, a Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 successful combat missions, Plumb’s plane was ...