FORT POLK, La. - There's a military adage that says "train like you fight." So at the Joint Readiness Training Center here, that's exactly what the 38th Infantry Division's 76th Infantry Brigade ...

FORT HOOD, Texas - A December 2011 report in the Wall Street Journal discussed the growing importance of U.S. military airdropped supplies into combat areas such as Afghanistan. Ensuring supply ...

Fort Bragg has done something that has never been done in the Army. On March 23, Soldiers of the DeGlopper Air Assault School and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division joined forces ...

The Chalker Sling--2nd Generation is the latest sling design by Command Master Chief Denny the "SNAKE" Chalker (Command Master Chief; US Navy Seal retired). It can be used with a variety of weapons, ...

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division conduct sling-load training operations at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, Oct. 20, 2025. The sling-load training prepared the Soldiers for rapid ...

The first sling-load mission in the history of the Forward Support Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, was held April 11 during a joint training exercise with the Pathfinder School. The exercise ...

Soldiers stationed in Kuwait now have the chance to earn their Air Assault wings thanks to a newly opened Air Assault Course. The very first iteration of the course began April 3 at Camp Buehring to ...

Taken on Aug. 15, 2013, the following video shows members of the Iowa Army and Air National Guard “sling loading” a historic U.S. Air Force jet, an A-7K Corsair II, via CH-47F Chinook helicopter. The ...

Pilots were able to safety handle real sling loads after the VR training The virtual reality outside view of Loft Dynamics' Airbus H125 simulator during helicopter sling load training ...

The Bell V-280 tiltrotor was recently flown with a new tactical common datalink (TCDL) and completed external sling load sorties. The Bell V-280 tiltrotor recently completed successful external sling ...

The Sikorsky-Boeing team behind the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator is pressing on with additional flight tests, five months after submitting to the US Army a proposal for the Future Long Range Air Assault ...