FORT BENNING, Ga. – Over Fryar Drop Zone at Fort Benning

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Over Fryar Drop Zone at Fort Benning in August 2016, a U.S. Army paratrooper exits the rear of a C-130 aircraft. Fort Benning is birthplace of the U.S. Army Airborne, and home to the U.S. Army Airborne School, which trains paratroopers for the Army and other services. Aug. 16 is National Airborne Day, established in 2001 by President George W. Bush to commemorate a series of test parachute jumps that were completed Aug. 16, 1940 by the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon, leading to formation of the Army's Airborne units that fought in World War II.
(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ken Woods)