EXETER, R.I. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in Leapfest 2025, at Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 2, 2025. The 767th EOD Company and 722nd EOD Company from the ...

EXETER, R.I. (WHDH) - After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s longest running international static line parachute event returned to Rhode Island on Saturday. Paratroopers ...

Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon, 20, of Marrero, Louisana, died from a parachute malfunction during training at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Army) The 82nd Airborne Division released the name Thursday of its ...

Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The ...

A California family is mourning the loss of a young Marine, killed in a parachuting accident in Coolidge on Monday. Twenty-two-year-old Alejandro 'Alex' Romero died in a double-bag static line ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — An international parachute competition is taking place in Rhode Island this weekend. The Rhode Island National Guard’s 56th Troop Command is hosting Leapfest. The ...