The MC-6 parachute is the other static line parachute currently in use, primarily by small special operations teams. It is much more steerable than the T-10 and T-11.

Multiple safety procedures were not followed prior to the parachute jump in which Spc. Matthew Perez was killed, an investigation found.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with ...

And earlier in 2017, the Marine Corps suspended some of its static line jump ops ― when a line is hooked inside the aircraft and the force of a jump causes a parachute to immediately open ...

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.

Jesse M. Britt of Darien, Ga., check line continuity on a cargo parachute prior to packing it March 10 in Fort Valley, Ga. Both Soldiers are parachute riggers for the 421st ...

He was a static-line jumpmaster, military free-fall jumper, combat scuba diver, air traffic controller and joint terminal attack controller, who enlisted in 2012. He left behind a wife and two ...

Since 2004, there have been 21 parachute mishaps, five of those involved static-line jumps. RELATED The Navy SEALs and other secretive units are quietly battling a frightening rise in parachute deaths ...

A U.S. Marine died in a parachute accident in Arizona, ... FILE PHOTO -- A Marine performs a static line jump at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi, Dec. 14, 2017.

Cpl. Alejandro Romero, 22, from Carson, Calif., was killed during a double-bag static line jump at the parachute training course. Romero served as a reconnaissance scout with Bravo Company, ...

The 82nd Airborne Division released the name Thursday of its paratrooper who died after experiencing a static-line parachute malfunction the day before.. Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon, 20, was ...