Archive photo of the day
Parachute training, 2006
Stars and Stripes
October 12, 2023
(Christopher B. Stoltz/Stars and Stripes)
Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 25, 2006: Staff Sgt Jeremy Hayes and Staff Sgt. John Paszkot unfurl a G-12E 64-foot parachute used for heavy equipment delivery. They were taking the Fabrication of Aerial Delivery Loads Course, which ran for two weeks and certified all who completed it to inspect the chutes.