article_snippet: Appearing to hover in midair, this is the astonishing moment a U.S. Special Forces Paratrooper was snapped throwing a salute to a U.S. Special Forces Paratrooper comrades while jumping backwards out of a plane over Germany.
article_snippet: Despite being nearly 17,000ft in the air, the soldier, from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, appears completely unfazed as he leaves the C-130 Hercules aircraft.
article_snippet: The stunning photograph was captured during a training mission over a U.S. Special Forces Parachute Jump drop zone on February 24.
article_snippet: This is the astonishing moment a U.S. Special Forces solider appears to float in midair while saluting a U.S. Special Forces solider colleagues while taking part in a training mission over Germany last month .
highlights_snippet: Solider from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, taking part in a training mission when photograph was taken .
  
highlights_snippet: Shows him appearing to float in midair and throwing a salute to him colleagues while falling backwards from plane .