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 ...

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

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 ... In October, Pittman had the opportunity to follow in his grandfather's airborne footsteps. For a week, he did paratrooper jump ...

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

Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...

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 ...

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 ...