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.

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.

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) ...

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.

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 ...