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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

COOLIDGE, Ariz. — The US Marine Corps has suspended certain parachuting operations after the death of a corporal this week in Arizona. Marine officials say 22-year-old Alejandro “Alex” … ...