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A paratrooper descends to a drop zone using the Army’s new T-11 parachute system on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 29, 2013. The paratrooper is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The square canopy has nearly a third more surface area than that of the T-10D parachute that it replaces.

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A paratrooper descends to a drop zone using the Army’s new T-11 parachute system on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 29, 2013. The paratrooper is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The square canopy has nearly a third more surface area than that of the T-10D parachute that it replaces.

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