Okinawa officials contend parachute training at Kadena Air Base is no longer justifed after the U.S. military’s primary offshore site reopened last year.

Military parachutes are designed for reliability and control, not freedom of movement. For decades, round canopies carried paratroopers into combat, but hard landings and injuries pushed the U.S.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday lauded the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for developing the indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System, calling it ...

NATICK, Mass. - Four parachute riggers assigned to the Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Soldier Center recently competed in Leapfest 2025, the annual International Military ...

EXETER – Paratroopers from all over the globe are already in Rhode Island for the world's largest military parachute competition of its kind. "Leapfest," also the largest public event produced by the ...

PARIS, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What’s the highlight of Paris Air Show 2025? Recent India-Pakistan conflicts have pitted Chinese J-10C fighter jets against French-made Rafale jets, ...