FORT BENNING, Ga. - About 270 Airborne students finished Tower Week last Friday. Upon graduation Friday, they'll receive their silver jump wings and officially join the ranks of the Army paratrooper.

"If you come through Airborne school and you get to jump out of the ... students will tackle the final and most anticipated jump week. "It is very valuable in allowing the student to gain ...

The final test includes a non-assisted jump. Airborne school is broken down into three weeks. The following explains the training you must complete during each week. Ground Week: You start with an ...

You will fall in a variety of ways in airborne school. First ... And, of course, there is jump week, where you put it all together, along with five half- to one-mile hikes at double time ...

About 17,000 are expected to go through the Airborne school this fiscal year. The student who died was enrolled in a three-week course on basic military parachuting. McDowell said that this week ...

Since the last Airborne school training accident 15 years ... The student was completing a second jump during the last week. This week, the class of 310 students was set to complete five jumps ...

The Army’s Basic Airborne Course at Fort ... Once they attend jump school, students are required to go on 3-mile runs as part of the three-week training. But a requirement for students to ...

"In order for us to be together, you gotta go to airborne school ... to jump out of planes? But I did and here we are now. I'm a paratrooper and I love being airborne." Throughout the week ...

U.S. Army paratroopers will soon have more to leap for, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week during a visit ...

Becoming a paratrooper at Airborne School is a unique experience requiring special dedication and a desire to be challenged mentally and physically. This three-week course ... The final test includes ...