Photos tagged with "parachute"

  • Master Sgt. Ed Dawejko 603rd Air Operation Center jumpmaster and Staff Sgt. Brandon Fountain, 435th Contingency Readiness Group Survive Evade Resist Escape, specialist jump from a C-130J Super Hercules for high-altitude, low-opening jumps with Polish special forces during Exercise Screaming Eagle IV in Povidz, Poland, July 30, 2012. Screaming Eagle is an annual exercise that allows pilots from the 37th Airlift Squadron to conduct training with the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, while facilitating training for several other units. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Members of Polish special forces land during high-altitude, low-opening jumps with Air Force jumpmasters during Exercise Screaming Eagle IV in Povidz, Poland, July 30, 2012. Screaming Eagle is an annual exercise that allows pilots from the 37th Airlift Squadron to conduct training with the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, while facilitating training for several other units. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Army ROTC Cadets performed an airborne jump with members of the Spanish airborne as part of the Cultural Understanding Language Proficiency program. The Cadets, who were in Spain on an English teaching mission and who were all jump qualified, earned their foreign jump wings -- a first for ROTC Cadets -- and the Spanish soldiers earned their U.S. jump wings. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Multi-national parachutists fall from the sky after jumping from a C-130 during a ceremony at Saint Mere-Eglise, France June 3. The drop was a way to pay homage to the paratroopers who died in service to their country 68 years ago in Normandy. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Two C-130Hs, one C-130J and one German C-160 fly by the crowd in Saint Mere-Eglise, France June 3. The transport aircraft were used to hold parachutists who jumped out of the aircraft in a way to pay homage to the paratroopers who died in service to their country 68 years ago in Normandy. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, re-enacted the D-Day airborne operation on the La Fiere fields near Ste. Mere Eglise, France to commemorate the heroic acts of the WWII paratroopers who made the jump 68 years ago. After the jump, the task force marched into the town of Ste. Mere Eglise tothe sounds of cheers from the locals. Task Force 68 is in Normandy, France to commemorate the 68th annivesary of D-Day. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, re-enacted the D-Day airborne operation on the La Fiere fields near Ste. Mere Eglise, France to commemorate the heroic acts of the WWII paratroopers who made the jump 68 years ago. After the jump, the task force marched into the town of Ste. Mere Eglise tothe sounds of cheers from the locals. Task Force 68 is in Normandy, France to commemorate the 68th annivesary of D-Day. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, re-enacted the D-Day airborne operation on the La Fiere fields near Ste. Mere Eglise, France to commemorate the heroic acts of the WWII paratroopers who made the jump 68 years ago. After the jump, the task force marched into the town of Ste. Mere Eglise tothe sounds of cheers from the locals. Task Force 68 is in Normandy, France to commemorate the 68th annivesary of D-Day. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SIERRA DEL RETIN, Spain (June 23, 2011) - Spanish marines along with Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to load into an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced) to conduct parachute operations into a Spanish military training area northwest of Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 23, as part of the bilateral Spanish Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2011. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, which includes multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and the amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) are also participating in the exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SIERRA DEL RETIN, Spain (June 23, 2011) - Spanish marines parachute from an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), into a Spanish military training area northwest of Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 23, as part of the bilateral Spanish Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2011. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, which includes multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and the amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) are also participating in the exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...