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FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — To earn your wings, donate a toy. That was the stipulation for the soldiers who took part in Operation Toy Drop, a paratrooper jump this year on Fort Moore. Others ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- More than 200 paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team earned their German jump wings, April 15-18, during a joint airborne operation here. Operation ...

ADAZI, Latvia (Aug. 18, 2014) -- Despite all the planning, double checking and potential hazards associated with airborne operations, jumping out of a C-130 aircraft never loses its charm for ...

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The monthly stipend will rise from $150 to $200, marking the first ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - An employee with the city of Athens will participate in a paratrooper jump at a D-Day celebration later this year. Cody Brown, who works at Water Services for Athens Utilities, ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — Newly-minted paratroopers graduate from Airborne School at Fort Moore nearly every other Friday. Today’s graduation, including more than 300 soldiers, was extra special. April ...

Locals in Fayetteville, North Carolina, were shaken up when two paratroopers from nearby Fort Bragg missed their drop zone and ended up crashing into a neighborhood. Special Forces paratroopers ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Harris died March 15 ...