On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty years ago, hours before the Allied forces launched a million personnel across the English Channel to fight Hitler’s Third ...

NATO militaries are watching the Ukraine war and using the conflict to inform training. A top Polish general said he's learning that light infantry skills are still very important. "It must be ...

In this photo from 1945, paratroopers of the 555th Parachute Infantry climb into their parachute harnesses before boarding a plane of the First Troop Carrier Command. The C-47 would drop the airborne ...

The 173rd Airborne Brigade continues to sharpen the edge of its future leadership with a squad leader academy, a weeklong course ...

The airborne assault went as scheduled, on 17 September 1944, with an improved performance by troop carrier units. Most drop zones were hit, with good drop patterns. 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute ...

FORT LIBERTY — Several family members traced letters with their fingers on the 82nd Airborne Division monuments Tuesday at Fort Liberty. One woman kissed a yellow rose before tapping a name on the ...

They have a reputation for daring and courage – seeing heroic action in Normandy, Arnhem, the Falklands and Afghanistan. But the future of the legendary 'Paras' could be under threat from cost-cutting ...

The Army’s Basic Airborne Course at Fort Moore, Georgia, is meant to prepare students for the challenges of life as a paratrooper. What you may not have heard until now is that service members who ...

Reconnaissance Marines had four run-ins with bears during recent parachute training in northern Japan, according to the commander of an Alaska-based U.S. Army battalion. Members of the 11th Airborne ...

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