High-altitude military parachuting is a style of parachuting in which personnel, equipment, or supplies are airdropped from an aircraft flying at a high altitude. The technique is often used in covert operations.

May 30, 2018 · During Jump Week students must successfully complete five parachute jumps with the T-11 parachute at 1,250 feet from a C-130 or C-17 aircraft. Trainees must run to the air field each …

Aug 13, 2025 · On Aug. 16, 1940, 48 volunteer members of the Army Parachute Test Platoon jumped from a Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber at 1,500 feet. The jump was less than 45 days after the …

Jul 1, 2025 · On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, …

1st person point-of-view footage from a U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, North...

Feb 2, 2024 · The absolute lowest height a military paratrooper might jump from is generally considered to be around 400 feet (122 meters) using a static line deployment system.

Mar 12, 2024 · That was U.S. Army Capt. Albert Berry, and he wasn't necessarily jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. The danger didn't start with the jump, and the 33-year-old Berry knew it.

High-altitude military parachuting is the specialized practice of deploying military personnel or equipment from aircraft at altitudes much higher than those typically used in traditional parachute jumps.

This is a list of known parachute jumps into combat zones by troops and units of the United States Army and other components of the United States Department of Defense.

Aug 15, 2025 · This year, nearly 84 years after the first official Army parachute jump at what was then Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia, in 1940, the U.S. Senate again passed a resolution …