The Army's 3rd Special Forces Group was the first unit to field the new Military Free Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System, RA-1, which is built for static line or free fall operations.

CRANSTON, R.I. -- Leapfest, the largest, longest-running, international static line parachute training event and competition in the world took place on Aug. 6 on the University of Rhode Island's ...

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force Marine conducts double bag static line parachute operations from a KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended double-bag static line parachute jumps after a training accident claimed the life of a U.S. Marine in Arizona. The 22-year-old Marine, Cpl ...

Marine Who Died in Arizona Parachute Accident Identified FILE PHOTO -- Static-line parachutists descend from the sky during International Jump Week 2017 near Bitburg, Germany, July 13, 2017 (U.S ...

Officials say the marine was killed in a double-bag static line parachute mishap during the multi-mission parachute course. All double-bag static line parachuting operations have been suspended ...

The Corps has since “suspended all double-bag static line parachuting operations effective immediately until further notice,” Capt. Joshua Pena, a Marine spokesman, said in a released statement.

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Charlie Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment, conduct a static line parachute jump from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th ...

Officials say Romero was killed in a double-bag static line parachute mishap during the multi-mission parachute course. All double-bag static line parachuting operations have been suspended until ...

The Marine Corps has suspended certain types of jumps after a Marine was killed in a parachute incident on Monday, the service announced. The unidentified Marine was using a double-bag static line ...

EXETER, R.I. (WHDH) - After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s longest running international static line parachute event returned to Rhode Island on Saturday.

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended all double-bag static line parachuting operations until further notice after the death of a corporal earlier this week in Arizona.