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" 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.

Skies were much clearer for the Rhode Island National Guard’s annual Leapfest parachute training event and competition, which has drawn soldiers from across the globe since 1982.

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 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.

Paratroopers and jump teams practice for the return of Rhode Island National Guard's Leapfest, July 29, 2022. (WJAR) The long-awaited event will be held at Adams Farm in Exeter this time around.

Leapfest is the largest and longest-standing, international static line parachute-training event, in which paratroopers from around the world compete in both individual and team times.