It is the static-line parachute that we use here at the Airborne School, and it is the primary static-line parachute for the Army. Narrator: Each T-11 parachute costs about $4,000 and takes 24 to ...

Who’s packing your parachute and whom do you pack for? Who has done something that has helped make your day safer – or easier or more pleasant – or who have you witnessed “packing” for ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — History buffs and military surplus fanatics take note: The remaining inventory of the former Pack Rat Military Surplus store on Providence Boulevard goes on the auction ...

Watch an April 11 training mission in Grafenwoehr, Germany, go horribly wrong as three U.S. Army Humvees crash to the Earth after their parachutes failed to open from a C-130 drop. Warning: This ...

Nearly 2 million people on social media have seen video of a parachute drop of U.S. Army Humvees that went horribly wrong, not once, but three times.

The Humvees can be seen in the video above plunging to the ground after their parachute straps were severed. A former U.S. Army sergeant has been found guilty of intentionally destroying three ...

“That old army surplus stuff, that was horrible, you would just thunder into the ground….I used to be tall,” the diminutive Buss joked. Over 30 years of jumps, the Parachute Team has become ...

Yes, there are other military surplus stores in Northwest Florida. ... "A lot of this was in Iraq and Afghanistan,'' said Hansen, who was an F-15 crew chief, and later, a parachute rigger.

Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne School, each depending on a parachute to get them safely to the ...

A new store in Obetz has this unusual item as an instant hit: the beef stew Meals Ready to Eat, or MRE in military jargon. It comes with the territory when you're selling military surplus.

Army surplus stores have always been a good place to find camp basics like first ... Parachute Cord $5 ... This inexpensive net is the most important item in my pack when I'm camping in mosquito ...