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Hollywood megastar set to perform death-defying stunt during Olympics closing ceremony

Metro UK 01 Aug 2024
The highly secretive ... ImpossibleFallout (2018), Cruise continued to raise the bar by performing a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump, a parachute jump typically reserved for military operations.
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Flying objects and shrunken heads: World UFO Day feted amid surge in sightings, government denials

Aiken Standard 04 Jul 2024
military had recovered a “flying disc.” But officials later said the debris was merely the remnants of a high-altitude weather balloon ... The life-size dummies were used in high-altitude parachute drops from 1954 to 1959.
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World UFO Day takes place amid surge in sightings, government denials

Penn Live 04 Jul 2024
military had recovered a “flying disc.” But officials later said the debris was merely the remnants of a high-altitude weather balloon ... The life-size dummies were used in high-altitude parachute drops from 1954 to 1959.
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Cruz introduces bill to have Bastrop post office named after war hero Billy Waugh

Austin American-Statesman 15 Mar 2024
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced legislation on Thursday to designate the post office on Main Street in Bastrop as the “Sgt. Maj. Billy D ... Waugh also was part of the first high-altitude, low-opening combat parachute assault in military history.
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Massive British Royal Air Force plane will be flying over California county this month

Stars and Stripes 09 Jan 2024
The plane is used as a transport for high-altitude parachute training at the two nearby military bases, the city added ... because it needed a base of operations for training high-altitude paratroopers.
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Inside the mind of thrill-seeking billionaires: The rich are turning to Titanic tours and space ...

The Daily Mail 22 Jun 2023
Hurtling towards the Earth at astronomical speed, the thrill seekers are equipped with specialized military and parachute equipment, including an oxygen mask to keep them alive during the high-altitude adventure.
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OXYJUMP NG makes crazy high-altitude parachute jumps safer

New Atlas 15 May 2023
One of the coolest and craziest military techniques is the High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) parachute drop ... This not only makes it safer for HALO jumpers, but also for High Altitude High Opening (HAHO) jumpers who take much longer to descend.
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Abu Dhabi features in new 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One' trailer

The National 20 Jun 2022
After US superstar Tom Cruise was filmed doing a death-defying halo jump — a high-altitude military parachuting manoeuvre — in Abu Dhabi for 2018’s Mission ... chase and the arrival of military troops.
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