page_title: Parachuting
hierarchical_section_title: Parachuting
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 720th Special Tactics Group out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft during water rescue training above Choctawhatchee Bay, over the Destin coastline in Florida Oct. 3, 2007. The training is designed to enhance aerial ZoDIAC deployment and personnel recovery. The aircraft belongs to the 41st Airlift Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas. Français&#160;: Des parachutistes du 720e groupe tactique spécial de l'armée de l'air des États-Unis, basés à Hurlburt Field en Floride, sautent depuis un avion transporteur de troupe Hercules C-130J au-dessus de la baie de Choctawhatchee, près de la ville de Destin (Floride), lors d'un exercice de sauvetage, le 3 octobre 2007. L'exercice est fait pour entraîner à la fois les parachutistes et le personnel de sauvetage en mer. L'avion vient du 41e escadron aérien de la base de Little Rock, en Arkansas.
context_page_description: Parachuting is a method of transiting from a high point to Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or parachutes. It may involve more or less free-falling which is a period when the parachute has not yet been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
context_section_description: Parachuting is a method of transiting from a high point to Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or parachutes. It may involve more or less free-falling (the skydiving segment) which is a period when the parachute has not yet been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
caption: Airmen of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 720th Special Tactics Group, conduct a free-fall parachute jump
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