Cadets await direction from their jumpmaster prior to a parachute jump at the U.S. Air Force Academy airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug 25, 2011. These cadets are participating in the Airmanship 490 Basic Parachuting program where the cadets learn all aspects of free fall parachuting and earn their basic jump wings after 5 free-fall parachute jumps. (Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)