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Gold Team

Mother and Son take a Historical Leap

August 14, 2010

As the dreary clouds hovered  over the Windy City at day break gloom was in the air. Slowly you could see a glimmer of light and finally the brilliant blue sky broke through to support the 52nd annual Chicago Air and Water Show. This is the largest show of its kind, which roars into Chicago’s [...]

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August 14th Proclaimed as Chicago’s Golden Knight Day!

August 14, 2010

The U S Army Parachute Team’s, Gold Demonstration Team , Tandem Section, Aviation Team members and Media Relations Department attended a social this evening that was hosted b y the City of Chicago, the Mayor’s Office, Rudy Malanati and the Schell Corporation . Members of the Blue Angels, the Navy Leap Frogs, Sean Tucker and [...]

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A Magical Extraordinary Dream

August 14, 2010

The Gold Demonstration Team, led by SFC JD Berentis headed out for Gary Airport in preparation for their practice show performance for the annual Chicago Air and Water Show. Mean while SFC Elliot conducted a Tandem Instruction class for some very important passengers. The platform was perfect and enormous puffy white clouds filled the majestic [...]

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Demonstration Teams Combine Forces Once Again

August 7, 2010

On Wednesday, the Black and Gold Demonstration teams worked together to put on a show for the Kids’ Golf Tournament at the Pinehurst Golf Course. At 6:30 PM, with a watchful eye on the clouds making their way in, the two teams exited the aircraft to build a formation in freefall, before opening their parachutes [...]

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Golden Knights Set Their Sights on Becoming Tandem Instructors

August 6, 2010

Eight members of the Golden Knights, mostly from the Demonstration Teams, began the classroom portion of the Tandem Course yesterday at the Team’s training drop zone in Laurinburg, NC. A tandem instructor is qualified to take a first-time jumper on a skydive, using a special harness and parachute system. The parachute is much bigger than [...]

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