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  2. Airborne forces - Wikipedia

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    Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop. Parachute-qualified infantry and support ...

  3. List of paratrooper forces - Wikipedia

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    An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade exits a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers in 2013 A soldier of Army 50th Parachute Brigade jumps from a Chinook helicopter Indian Navy MARCOS during urban combat training at RIMPAC 2022

  4. Russian Airborne Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Airborne Forces (Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, romanized: Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) is the airborne separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces.

  5. United States Army Airborne School - Wikipedia

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    In 1940, the War Department approved the formation of a test platoon of Airborne Infantry under the direction and control of the Army's Infantry Board. A test platoon of volunteers was organized from Fort Benning's 29th Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Infantry Division was directed to conduct tests to develop reference data and operational procedures for air-transported troops.

  6. Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces - Wikipedia

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    On 4 September 1941 the Directorate of the Commander of the Airborne Forces (VDV) of the Red Army was established. All of the Soviet airborne corps were transferred from the front commanders of the Red Army to be subordinated to the new organization, led by the Commander of the Airborne Forces.

  7. 82nd Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    Four days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990, the 4th Battalion (Airborne), 325th Infantry was the Division Ready Force 1 (DRF-1) and the initial ground force invaded Iraq on the orders of President George Bush Sr. after his "Line in the Sand" [90] speech to Saddam Hussein part of the largest deployment of American troops since ...

  8. 101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    This meant the large-scale use of Allied airborne forces, including both the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, along with the British 1st Airborne Division. The operation was initially successful. Several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured by the 82nd and 101st. The 101st met little resistance and captured most of their ...

  9. XVIII Airborne Corps - Wikipedia

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    The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II.The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world and is referred to as "America's Contingency Corps."