Two soldiers collided mid-air during descent, killing one and leaving the other with minor injuries on May 11. The ADF has suspended all parachuting operations.
Parachutists float to the ground as they perform at the Australian International Airshow in Avalon, Australia, on Feb. 27, 2015. Scott Barbour/Getty Images
A well-trained Australian Army soldier has died during a parachuting exercise at Jervis Bay Airfield on the New South Wales South Coast.
Warrant Officer Second Class Lachlan Muddle, 50, from the Special Air Service Regiment, was killed after a mid-air collision with another paratrooper on May 11.
