NEW WINDSOR--The West Point Jump Team wowed the crowd at the New York Airshow on Aug. 29 and 30 with a parachute jump bringing the unfurled American flag to the show’s center, free falling out of helicopters from 8000 feet.
Alan Mack, Commander of the 2nd Aviation Division at West Point, said the jump club is a close knit organization. “I know them all very well.” Mack said the military academy is a large school and students have teams and clubs they are required to join.
“West Point itself is emotionally draining, so that emotional support is probably one of those things [a club provides]. They have a commonality in what they are doing.” Mack said a candidate must be able to listen to instruction and correction and follow rules. The can only start their first year. There’s a plan for progression by their senior year.
