Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WASHINGTON — Since the inception of airborne warfare, the practice of using parachutes to insert troops into combat ...

Heroic stories of Black and Caribbean paratroopers who fought on D-Day and at Arnhem in 1944 have been retold as part of a military heritage project. One man was Sgt Sidney Cornell, son of African ...

Volunteers are being recruited to help uncover the history of airborne forces in Lincolnshire. South Kesteven District Council is holding a free event for volunteers to conduct research as part of the ...

When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian navy unable to guarantee control of the seas, Adolf Hitler turned to his ...

Airborne units are typically the first American forces to reach a crisis zone, which means their equipment must prepare them for immediate contact the moment they land Units like the 82nd Airborne ...

It was formed in 1992 from units of the Soviet Airborne Forces that came under Russian control following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Troops of the Russian Airborne Forces have traditionally worn ...