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  2. High-altitude military parachuting - Wikipedia

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    United States Air Force Pararescuemen jump at half the height of a typical HALO/HAHO insertion 2eme REP Legionnaires HALO jump from a C-160.. High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion.

  3. Military Freefall Parachutist Badge - Wikipedia

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    To earn the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, the military member first must receive all necessary ground training, already have earned the Military Parachutist Badge (jump-qualified), and must have completed the requisite freefall (night, combat equipment, oxygen) jumps and graduate from the Military Free-Fall Parachutist Course.

  4. Project Excelsior - Wikipedia

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    At an altitude of 17,500 feet (5,334 m), Kittinger opened his main parachute and landed safely in the New Mexico desert. The whole descent took 13 minutes and 45 seconds and set a world record for the highest parachute jump. [7] An hour and thirty-one minutes after launch, my pressure altimeter halts at 103,300 feet.

  5. Veterans set record for high-altitude jump at Mt. Everest - AOL

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    Led by former Seal Fred Williams and former Navy Seal Admiral Bob Harward, the jump took place at Mount Everest at 20,000 feet. Veterans set record for high-altitude jump at Mt. Everest Skip to ...

  6. Aircrew survival equipmentman - Wikipedia

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    Military free-fall parachute jumper; High altitude/low opening (HALO) parachute jumper (used for premeditated personnel parachute operations) The U.S Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist badge was originally known as the U.S. Navy Certified Parachute Rigger badge and designed by American Insignia Company in 1942

  7. BASE jumper slams into cliff, falls 180 feet after parachute ...

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    A BASE jumper somehow managed to survive a 180-feet fall after a gust of wind pushed him toward a cliff and partially deflated his parachute.

  8. Parachute tower - Wikipedia

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    The 262-foot (80 m) Parachute Jump ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair (later moved to Coney Island) [5] was a parachute tower, though the United States Army parachute training centre at Fort Benning had only 34-foot (10 m) towers until 1941.

  9. Joseph Kittinger - Wikipedia

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    Excelsior III: On August 16, 1960, Kittinger made the final high-altitude jump at 102,800 feet (31,300 m). [8] Towing a small drogue parachute for initial stabilization, he fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour (988 km/h) [ 7 ] [ 11 ] before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet (5,500 m).