American skydivers reclaim world record from Libya with massive flag jump on Pearl Harbor Day

On Pearl Harbor Day, a squad of elite skydivers flew a 3,200-square-foot American emblem successful freefall implicit Arizona, astir doubling Libya’s caller people and securing a caller satellite grounds with a certified leap present headed for the Guinness Book of World Records.

Libya acceptable the erstwhile grounds connected Oct. 5, 2025, implicit Benghazi by flying what was past the largest emblem ever deployed during freefall.

After seeing the Libyan jump, retired U.S. Army Ranger Jariko Denman contacted entrepreneur Jared Isaacman astir attempting to bring the grounds backmost to the U.S.

Denman told Fox News Digital helium archetypal saw the Libyan leap connected societal media and reshared it with the caption, "Who’s down to interruption this record?" which yet acceptable the task successful motion.

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Skydivers carried a 3,200-square-foot American emblem successful freefall aft jumping from a Vietnam-era Huey during a grounds effort successful Arizona connected Dec. 7, 2025. The certified leap aimed to reclaim the freefall emblem grounds from Libya. (Credit: Perspective Strategies)

The 2 assembled a squad that included professionals from Skydive Arizona and Skydive Chicago, among them Hall of Fame skydiver Rook Nelson. Veterans Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., Steve Curtis and Nick Kush besides joined the effort.

The grounds effort took spot connected Dec. 7, 2025, successful Eloy, Arizona, 1 of the country’s large skydiving hubs.

He said the squad selected the day based connected scheduling availability.

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Team members clasp the afloat opened 3,200-square-foot American emblem connected the ground. (Credit: Perspective Strategies)

Jumping from a Vietnam-era Huey astatine astir 10,000 feet, the squad deployed a 3,200-square-foot American emblem – astir doubly the size of the Libyan flag.

Denman said nary 1 had ever attempted to alert a emblem of this size before, creating "a batch of unknowns" and making the record-setting leap "a beauteous scary one."

According to the team, the leap was certified and volition beryllium submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Members of the skydiving squad gathered for a radical photograph successful Arizona during a world-record freefall effort connected Dec. 7, 2025.  (Credit: Perspective Strategies)

Only the astir experienced members of the radical handled the emblem successful freefall owed to the method demands and risks involved.

Denman noted that the size and value of the flag, coming successful astatine 170 pounds, introduced "a batch of extraneous dangers to mitigate," adding that the squad had to relationship for risks not antecedently encountered successful immoderate akin jump.

He besides credited the method squad for making the effort possible, saying, "It was my idea, but Steve Curtis did the brunt of the work. And Sterling Becklin engineered the full strategy from nothing. I’m truly arrogant of what the squad pulled off."

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Denman, Isaacman and Sheehy participated successful the leap but did not power the emblem itself. A crushed unit supported the operation, and each unit and instrumentality landed safely.

Sheehy said helium viewed the effort arsenic some a squad accomplishment and a symbolic one. 

"I was honored to beryllium portion of the unthinkable squad of veterans, SEALs, Army Rangers, and immoderate of the champion skydivers successful the satellite who returned the satellite grounds for the largest emblem ever parachuted retired of an craft backmost to the United States," helium said. "There’s nary question astir it: this grounds belongs connected American soil, and mounting it alongside this large squad of patriots is simply a fitting mode to footwear disconnected the solemnisation for 250 years of American independency adjacent year."