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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 ...
Airborne transmission or aerosol transmission is transmission of an infectious disease through small particles suspended in the air. [2] Infectious diseases capable of airborne transmission include many of considerable importance both in human and veterinary medicine .
The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels" [1]) is a United States Army combined forces between air assault infantry and airborne forces based in Alaska.. Currently, this unit specializes in air assault and airborne operations, cold-weather warfare, combined arms, maneuver warfare, and urban warfare.
Soldiers assigned to Army units on airborne status wear a cloth oval, known as airborne background trimming, behind their Parachutist Badge. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This distinguishes a parachute-qualified soldier serving in a unit on active jump status, called a "Paratrooper," from a parachutist serving in a non-airborne unit.
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."
11th Airborne Division; 13th Airborne Division (United States) 17th Airborne Division (United States) 80th Airborne Division; 82nd Airborne Division; 100th Airborne Division; 101st Airborne Division; 108th Airborne Division (United States)
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") [2] is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. [3]
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.