Thousands of American and British paratroopers were dropped behind German lines in one of the largest airborne operations in history to kick off the Normandy invasion These soldiers were dropped into ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A number of soldiers from a Columbus-based unit of the U.S. Army Reserve are scheduled to parachute at Wright-Patterson Airfield on Friday. According to the 88th Air Base Wing, ...

BACN provides a long-range secure communication capability, acting as a "gateway" system that bridges the gap between ...

Inside the 82nd Airborne: The US army division set to deploy in the Middle East - The U.S. military is preparing to deploy specialized paratroopers to the Middle East in the coming days ...

Approximately 600 Paratroopers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in a joint forcible entry airborne operation as part of Swift Response 25 from 13-16 May in ...

National Airborne Day coincides with the Airborne & Special Operations Museum's 25th anniversary and a Liberty Tree commemoration. A ceremony marking the 250th anniversary of the Liberty Tree will be ...

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Air Support Operations Group from Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Wash., and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 4th Quartermaster Company, 725th Brigade Support ...

Troops from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are preparing for possible deployment to the Middle East, New York Times and other American outlets have reported. There is no official confirmation, ...

It’s built for a doomsday scenario. The U.S. Air Force E-4B “Nightwatch” – known as the “Doomsday Plane” -- can be in the air at a moment’s notice during a national emergency. There it can serve as ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – In a display of cooperation and capability, Soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard and the Jordanian Armed Forces recently conducted a joint airborne operation in Watkins, ...

In addition to the American and Japanese paratroopers, airborne troops from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom ...