A static line is a long yellow fabric cord that is attached to a paratrooper as they jump. The cord pulls the jumper’s parachute open as the jumper leaves the plane.

There have been fatalities every year, not just in the U.S., but across foreign militaries as well," he said, describing how the static line can get "wrapped up on an arm. If you have a bad exit ...

Utility workers are replacing the so-called “static line,” also known as a “shield line,” located on the poles above nearly 20 miles of electric lines through the three municipalities.

Static line is a parachuting method used to open parachutes automatically, mainly for paratroopers. Daily Aviation - Video. US Newbie Paratroopers Take Their First Static Line Jump from C-17.

Marines board a C-130 Hercules during a double-bag static line course held in Parker, Arizona, March 24, 2014. (Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore/Marine Corps) ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The call goes out, “hook up!” The airborne students all repeat in unison, “hook up!” as they attach the static line to the anchor line cable in the C-130 aircraft.

A Fort Bragg soldier who died during airborne training Monday has been identified as 21-year-old Spc. Abigail Jenks. Jenks suffered a fatal injury when conducting a static-line jump from a UH-60 ...

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 ...