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 ...

A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran’s funeral Saturday. Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping out of similar aircraft on a secret mission called Operation Firefly.

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 ...

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.

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

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.

Joe Harris: Believed to be the oldest paratrooper to have served during World War II, he died on March 15. Harris was 108 ... The Army was desegregated in 1948, and the 555th was folded into the 82nd ...