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. They check the ...

A Marine was killed in a parachute incident that occurred Monday at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Coolidge, Arizona. Because of the accident, the Corps has suspended all double-bag static line ...

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 the C ...

United States Marine Critical Skills Operators wait aboard a CASA C-212 aircraft in the process of gaining altitude to conduct a double-bag static line (DBSL) jump in 2014. (Lance Cpl. Steven M.

Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The ...

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, ...