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  2. T-10 parachute - Wikipedia

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    US Army paratroopers utilizing the T-10D Parachute during an airborne operation from a C-130. The T-10 Parachute is a series of static line-deployed parachutes used by the militaries for combat mass-assault airborne operations and training. The T-10 parachute was introduced in the early 1950s. In 1976, the B model introduced the anti-inversion ...

  3. T-11 parachute - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. United States Army Airborne School - Wikipedia

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    As more airborne units were activated, a centralized training facility was organized at Fort Benning on 15 May 1942. Over time, the U.S. Army Parachute School has been known by a variety of names: The Airborne School (1 January 1946) Airborne Army Aviation Section, The Infantry School (1 November 1946)

  5. How Army riggers pack 75,000 parachutes a year at Airborne ...

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    Every year, about 15,000 students perform five jumps from a live aircraft before graduating from the United States Army’s Airborne School, each depending on a parachute to get them safely to the ...

  6. Category:Airborne military equipment - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Airborne military equipment" ... Parachute; Parachute cord; Parachute tower; R. Ribbon parachute; S. Sugar pack This ...

  7. Parachute rigger - Wikipedia

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    Parachute Riggers/Packers in training attend the 15-day Basic Parachute qualification course at CFB Trenton, and then for approximately 2.5–3 years undertake three different 45-day courses that cover maintaining parachutes, packing parachutes, and quality control of parachutes.

  8. Latest in case of Fort Liberty Special Forces medic suing ...

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    British Paratroopers from the 16 Air Assault Brigade executed a proficiency jump utilizing the T-11 parachute jumping from a C-130 on April 30, 2021, on Fort Bragg.

  9. MC-6 parachute - Wikipedia

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    The MC-6 Parachute is a Maneuverable Canopy (MC) static line-deployed personnel parachute of the United States Armed Forces.Developed by United States Army Special Forces, the parachute has been used by American Special Operations Forces (SOF) beginning in 2006 and Australian SOF starting in 2011.