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T-11 Main Parachute System design Parachutists jumping from an MC-130 using the T-11 Personnel Parachute System. The main canopy is a modified version of a cross/cruciform platform. The canopy has an increased inflated diameter of 14 percent and a 28 percent increase in surface area, when compared with the T-10D assembly.
Ordered into active federal service 1 September 1950 at Oklahoma City. (Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 15 September 1952 at Oklahoma City). Released from active federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters, 45th Infantry ...
James Elbert "Jake" McNiece (May 24, 1919 – January 21, 2013) was a US Army paratrooper in World War II. Private McNiece was a member of the Filthy Thirteen, an elite demolition unit whose exploits inspired the 1965 E. M. Nathanson novel and the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen.
The United States Army Parachute Team, nicknamed the Golden Knights, is a demonstration and competition parachute team of the United States Army. It consists of demonstration and competition parachutist teams, drawn from all branches of the U.S. Army. Members must demonstrate excellence in parachuting.
The United States Army Jumpmaster School trains personnel in the skills necessary to jumpmaster a combat-equipped jump and the proper attaching, jumping, and releasing of combat and individual equipment while participating in an actual jump that is proficient in the duties and responsibilities of the Jumpmaster and Safety; procedures for rigging individual equipment containers and door bundles ...
Following the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995, Air Guardsmen provided site security and medical, rescue, and recovery personnel, assisting in every aspect of the disaster rescue and recovery effort. The 137th Airlift Wing provided operational support during the 1991 Gulf War, and contributed logistical assistance in Bosnia in the late 1990s ...
T11 (classification), a disability sport classification; T11 (satellite) Autovía T-11, a highway in Catalonia, Spain; DEC T-11, a microprocessor; Estonian national road 11; T11 road (Tanzania) German torpedo boat T11; Gilbern T11, a concept car; Robbins Island language; Simca-Gordini T11, a racing car; Soyuz T-11, a 1984 space mission; T11 torpedo
The T-11 harness provides a wider array of sizing options for jumper comfort and fit, features integral attachment points for the newly developed T-11R Reserve Parachute, and is capable of sustaining 40 lb (18 kg) more weight than the T-10 harnesses used in the SF-10A. Since the T-11 and MC-6 parachute systems are almost identical in outward ...