The Rhode Island National guard’s Leapfest is back and bigger than ever! Leapfest is the largest, longest-running ...

LEAPFEST took place for the 40th time on Saturday, hosted by the Rhode Island National Guard. Since 1982 - with occasional ...

The timing of the 40th edition of the summertime military parachuting contest is subject to weather conditions.

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Leapfest, the largest military parachuting competition of its kind, was poised to take off from Quonset State Airport on Saturday morning. The chutes were packed and checked.

The decision to enter a female team into Leapfest sprang from that exercise, he added. “There are 29 teams from other countries, plus one on a waitlist,” he said.

" Leapfest," the largest military parachuting competition of its kind, was poised to kick off from the tarmac at Quonset State Airport on Saturday morning. The chutes were packed and checked.

The decision to enter a female team into Leapfest sprang from that exercise, he added. “There are 29 teams from other countries, plus one on a waitlist,” he said.

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Leapfest is the largest international static-line parachute competition (and training event) and is in its 30th year, making it the longest-standing event of its kind.