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Black Team

Black Team Wraps Up the Texas Trip

November 7, 2010

Black Team is winding down the show season this weekend in San Antonio, TX as they prepare for the last jump of the show. At this moment, members of the Team are setting up the airplane and packing flags into their parachutes. In 20 minutes, the Team will assemble and get a safety brief, then [...]

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Black Team LOVES Texas

October 31, 2010

And it’s a good thing, too, because they’ve been spending a lot of time there in the past month…first El Paso, a couple of weeks ago, just now wrapping up in Fort Worth and then heading to San Antonio Thursday.

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Black and Gold Canopies at Dolphin’s Stadium in Miami, FL

October 24, 2010

Black Team jumped into the Sun Life Stadium this afternoon to open the half-time show as the Miami Dolphins went against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fans went crazy…especially the Steelers fans, due to the fact that the canopies were black and gold: Pittsburgh colors! True to form, the Florida weather was predictably unpredictable, and in [...]

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Perfect Fall Day for Training

October 21, 2010

Days like today make it easy to endure all the hot, humid, miserable summer days. Bright blue skies, gentle breeze, and 70 degrees…Black Team couldn’t ask for better training weather. We shared the aircraft with the tryouts all day and completed five jumps.

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Your Questions About Night Jumps Answered!!

October 19, 2010

We have received many comments and questions about our night pyrotechnic jumps in the past few days. As the Soldier in charge of the pyrotechnic equipment for the Black Demonstration Team, who performed the night jump over El Paso, TX on Friday night, I would like to take a few moments to describe in detail [...]

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