US Army paratroopers jumped into Arctic terrain at an exercise in Alaska last month. Photos show the mission, including troops loading into C-17s and landing on the icy ground. Soldiers said one of ...

An all-female assemblage of 70 paratroopers from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson jumped from an aircraft operated by an all-women Air Force flight crew Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA — Over 500 multinational paratroopers including U.S., German and French, began follow-on airborne and air-land training during Talisman Sabre 25 in the early hours of July 21st, ...

The C-17 Globemaster III isn't as old as planes like the famously ancient (yet still remarkably effective) B-52 Stratofortress, but it's still getting to be a little long in the tooth, as it has been ...

LOPBURI, Thailand — Sweaty, tired and dehydrated, more than 100 U.S. paratroopers from Alaska sought refuge this week in what little shade they could find on nearly barren farmland in central Thailand ...

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the dangerous jobs of paratroopers leaping from massive cargo planes.