Parachutists in Action

Images feature paratroopers descending from aircraft during multinational exercises, highlighting aerial maneuvers and teamwork in military operations.

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing perform a military free fall from an MC-130J Commando II in honor of the 78th D-Day anniversary at the Iron-Mike II drop zone, France, June 5, 2022. On June 6, 1944, the United States military participated in the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history; by the end of the D-day invasion over 9,000 allied troops were dead or wounded.
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing perform a military free fall from an MC-130J Commando II in honor of the 78th D-Day anniversary at the Iron-Mike II drop zone, France, June 5, 2022. On June 6, 1944, the United States military participated in the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history; by the end of the D-day invasion over 9,000 allied troops were dead or wounded.