Watch the Navy’s Leap Frogs make the first-ever parachute jump into Central Park
On Aug. 5, 2021, an Air Force C-130J Hercules flew over Manhattan. At an altitude of 8,000 feet, the elite jumpers of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team exited the aircraft….
The US Navy Parachute Team: From UDT ‘Chuting Stars’ to Navy SEAL ‘Leap Frogs’
How did the Navy “Leap Frogs” parachute demonstration team come to be? In 1956, a frogman from Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) 21 — one of the predecessor teams of the…