Elias Hernandez was a World War II paratrooper, making his first jump at the age of 19. The last jump he made was to celebrate his 90th birthday. He is now planning to make his final jump this ...

U.S. Army paratroopers will soon have more to leap for, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week during a visit ...

During World War II, Black Americans were often relegated ... For a week, he did paratrooper jump training in Corsicana, Texas, through the Liberty Jump Team, an organization that works to ...

When the Tulsa World met with him recently at Montereau retirement community, McKee, now 93, clearly wasn’t jumping to be interviewed. He consented. But on one condition: That nothing he said be ...

Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping ... he hopes to travel and take part on jump teams to show his appreciation for veterans. The World War II nonprofit Beyond the Call recognized ...

NORMANDY, France -- It's early June, and Normandy is teeming with thousands of paratroopers. Paratroopers walk the streets, drive the roads, and fill the skies of the French countryside.