This immersive POV video takes you behind the scenes of BASE jumping and into the parachute packing process. Chris Finck ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the most crucial moment for every student during Airborne School: the moment the parachute deploys after jumping. If anything is wrong with ...

New reliability data from the parachute industry have persuaded the Federal Aviation Administration that a packed parachute is safe for emergency use longer than previously believed, so the agency ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (July 21, 2015) - A red, Paul Bunyan-sized baseball cap marks your entrance into rigger territory, or more specifically, Pack Platoon, 11th Quartermaster Company, 189th Combat Support ...

Captain Charles Plumb was a graduate from the Naval Academy. His plane was shot down after 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam. He parachuted to safety, but was captured, tortured and ...