West Point Black Knights Parachute Team Landing at NFA Graduation

We are still flying high from our NFA graduation celebration! 💙🦅💛

A special thank you to the 2nd Aviation Detachment and USMA West Point Black Knights Parachute Team for making our 159th commencement a memorable event! 🖤🚁🪂💛

Mr. Matteo Doddo shared his idea for this gift to the class of 2024 with Dr. Manning Campbell earlier this year. With her enthusiastic support, Mr. Doddo has been planning this special treat for months! A sincere thank you to everyone who took part in making this a memorable way to celebrate our graduates!

We hope you enjoy the jump and the aerial views of the neighborhood surrounding our high school campuses from the parachuter's perspective!
Jumpers included:
🪂 Anthony Rucker
🪂 Mitxel Totorica
🪂 Tom Falzone
🪂 Damon King
🚁 And Sergeant First Class Antonio Saez

More about the Parachute Team: The mission of the West Point Parachute Team is to educate, train, and inspire cadets to develop leadership skills and build self-confidence in an in extremis context. We will accomplish this by providing cadets the opportunity to work towards three specific and challenging goals: train freefall students, conduct precision freefall demonstrations, and compete and win at the national level.

📷 Video provided courtesy of Damon King SSG, USA (FAA Master Rigger | USMA Parachute Team)