A video captured an Army jumpmaster acting as the flight ‘safety’ grabbing a soldier whose static line had wrapped around his neck.

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Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the HALO Jump and Static line technic used by US paratrooper when jumping out of C-130 and C-17. Footage Credit: US Air Force ...

Static-line parachuting has been a US military tactic since World War II. The use of a line that automatically pulls your parachute is an effective technique to deploy a large number of troops at ...

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Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about static line made by US paratroopers from Boeing C-17. Static line is a parachuting method used to open parachutes automatically ...

Army Airborne troops participated in a static line jump that called for them to jump out of a plane during a training course.

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.

The recent death of a Marine in a parachute mishap has caused the Corps to suspend double-bag static line jumps.

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 ...

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 ...

A Fort Bragg soldier who died during airborne training Monday has been identified as 21-year-old Spc. Abigail Jenks.