The Army is scaling back 20,000 paid parachutist positions to prioritize limited airborne resources for soldiers who would ...

Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

The positions will remain airborne billets, but soldiers will no longer be required to maintain jump status or receive jump ...

The last European airborne operation of World War Two was "testament to the skills of the RAF crews" based at Essex and ...

As thousands took to the streets to protest Trump polices, family members and military personnel assembled to pay tribute to Sgt. Joe Harris.

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.” At his ...

During World War II, Black Americans were often relegated to more support-level jobs ... In October, Pittman had the opportunity to follow in his grandfather’s airborne footsteps. For a week, he did ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108.

During World War II, Black Americans were often ... the opportunity to follow in his grandfather’s airborne footsteps. For a week, he did paratrooper jump training in Corsicana, Texas, through ...