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Black Team

Golden Knight gets ready for the Womens Vertical World Record.

August 2, 2010

This week members of the Golden Knights are at Skydive Chicago, training for upcoming world record events.  Sgt Jen Schaben of the Gold Demonstration team is participating in the Womens camp getting ready for the Womens world record attempt later this year.  The camp is designed to hand pick the women who will be in [...]

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Black and Gold Demo Teams Unite to Put On a Show!

July 12, 2010

Friendly team rivalries and competitions were put aside as both the Gold and Black Demonstration Teams united in Gary, Indiana. The show took place from Friday, July 9th to Sunday, July 11th. The Black Demonstration Team was without a show scheduled that weekend, so some of their jumpers volunteered to join Gold Team’s mission on [...]

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Black Team Lights up “Rhythm and Booms”

July 4, 2010

  Black Team gave Madison, Wisconsin their money’s worth this weekend in front of more than 250,000 spectators. The Team performed a practice jump Friday afternoon and two jumps Saturday. The crowd for Friday’s jump was relatively sparse, but word of mouth travels fast up north and the crowd was unbelievable Saturday! The sight was [...]

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GK Pilots Jump Too? No Way!!

June 24, 2010

The tables were turned today at the Team’s training drop zone in Laurinburg, NC as one of the Team’s pilots went from the driver’s seat to the hot seat! Golden Knights’ Aviation detachment commander Major Craig Blackwood handed the controls over to his fellow pilots and, for the first time in his life, landed without [...]

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Get Ready for Fireworks in Madison!

June 21, 2010

Have you ever wanted to see a meteor shower? Or how about a fiery comet streaking across the sky? Well, at Rhythm and Booms at Warner Park in Madison, Wisconsin, that is exactly what you will see! The U.S. Army Golden Knights will perform two jumps on July 3rd for the Rhythm and Booms fireworks [...]

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