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The Army formed the Golden Knights parachute team in 1959 to
demonstrate its airborne parachuting skills to both Army personnel
and to the public. The team, formerly called the Strategic Army
Corps Parachute Team, is based at the Army's airborne headquarters,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The men and women who make up the Golden Knights are divided
into six groups: The Black and Gold Demonstration Teams, the
Formation Skydiving Team, and the Style and Accuracy Team, and
an aviation section and headquarters section.
The team's trademark is performing precision aerial maneuvers
while falling to earth at up to 120 miles per hour and then
landing dead center on target.
The Black and Gold Demonstration Teams spend more than 230
days a year demonstrating their maneuvers and entertaining more
than 12 million people at air shows and special events around
the world.
The Golden Knights have performed more than 8,500 live aerial
demonstrations in all 50 states and 47 countries, earning them
the title of the "Army's Goodwill Ambassadors to the World".
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