Lodi, California — Heartbreaking video has been released of an 18-year-old minutes before an August 2016 skydiving jump that proved fatal. The video was released by his family's attorney after a $40 ...

One paratrooper was killed, and at least one other soldier was injured during a training parachute jump on Sept. 13 at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, Task & Purpose has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Sgt. James Dassinger was a Vietnam War paratrooper. It was his job to jump out of aircraft and into harm’s way.

There’s a new world record for the oldest tandem parachute jump. Rut Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson, of Sweden, took the title when she parachuted on May 29 at the age of 103 years and 259 days old, ...

Jumping out of a plane is certainly a memorable way to celebrate a 100th birthday.Newly minted centenarian Tom Rice, who served in World War II as a paratrooper, wanted to recreate a parachute jump he ...

SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP — Ninety-nine-year-old Jim “Pee Wee” Martin is still doing parachute jumps similar to his time in World War II. Martin was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division and jumped ...

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After a seven-year effort to restore and illuminate Coney Island s historic Parachute Jump, the landmark is now a beacon in the Brooklyn skyline simultaneously representing a bygone era and the area s ...

Former President Bush is planning to go ahead with an 80th birthday parachute jump this weekend following the week of mourning for former President Reagan. Bush and his wife, Barbara, will attend ...