How You Can Help the 'Band of Brothers' Cast Recreate Easy Company's Drop into Normandy 80 Years Later Donations to the nonprofit event will cover the cost of the "Placid Lassie" C-47 Skytrain, equipment for the jump and...
The First Parachute Jump from a Fixed-Wing Aircraft Was a Terrifying Risk for Everyone Involved U.S. troops have been jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for more than 80 years, but a significant amount of training...
A Nashville Singer and a World War II D-Day Veteran Co-Wrote a Song About Normandy Singer Karen Waldrup teamed up with 101st Airborne veteran Jim "Pee Wee" Martin to sing about his experiences on D-Day.
A Paratrooper Started D-Day by Hanging from His Chute on a Church Pvt. John Steele's unit parachuted in the wrong place, while Steele himself was unlucky enough to get his chute caught on a...
Army Creating Second Paratrooper Division as Service Forges New Identity for Arctic Troops Soldiers stationed in Alaska will soon ditch the 25th Infantry Division's "Tropic Lightning" patch and be redesignated the...
Meet the ‘Laughing Paratrooper’ of World War II Most people would be concerned for their own safety with a gun pointed at them. Leonard Funk laughed it off.
'My Mom Does Not Like It': Inside A Nighttime 82nd Airborne Jump as Troops Wait to Deploy There's pride within the 82nd's ranks, serving in the division tasked with being America's shock troops.
Fort Bragg IDs Paratrooper Who Died During Static-Line Jump A Fort Bragg soldier who died during airborne training Monday has been identified as 21-year-old Spc. Abigail Jenks.
Fort Bragg Paratrooper Killed in Training Accident An Army paratrooper died Monday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, while conducting airborne training operations, officials say.
Fort Bragg Paratrooper Dies During Airborne Training An Army paratrooper has died while conducting training operations at Fort Stewart, Georgia, the Army announced.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...