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Tandem Team

The City of Homestead Welcomes Golden Knights to their 2012 Winter Training

February 22, 2012

On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the City Hall Council Chambers, the U S Army Parachute Team, Sergeant Major Stephen Young and SSG Shelby Bixler, the Gold Demonstration Team Recruiting liason accepted a wonderful award from the city of Homestead. Mayor Bateman thanked the team for returning to Homestead, for supporting the 63rd Annual Rodeo, [...]

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Tandem Team graduates new Tandem Examiners

February 1, 2012

The Golden Knights prides itself on being the most highly qualified parachutist in the world. We were founded in 1959 not only to compete against the Soviets who were dominating the new sport of skydiving, but to also test and evaluate new equipment and freefall techniques. It became apparent that we had to be subject [...]

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Tandem Team in San Antonio

January 9, 2012

We were in San Antonio last week conducting tandems in connection with the Army’s All-American Bowl. While we enjoyed mild days with blue skies, a huge cold front swept through our home base of NC taking temps down into the teens…no complaints from any of us! Stinson Airport, a small private airport in south San [...]

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WWE Skydives with Golden Knights

December 14, 2011

Five WWE Superstars came to jump with the Tandem Team at Laurinburg, NC Friday. The wrestlers were in town for their annual “Tribute to the Troops” performance. Admission to the event was completely free of charge to all military ID card holders and their dependents, including retirees. Singers Mary J. Blige and Nickelback performed as [...]

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Tandem Team Visits GK Winter Home A Few Months Early

November 21, 2011

The Golden Knights travel to Homestead, FL every January for their annual 8-week intensive training cycle. So when we (Tandem Team) showed up to Homestead Air Reserve Base this last week to do some tandem jumps for local VIPs, all the locals were asking, “Where’s the rest of the team?” We are pretty well-known around [...]

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