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Benjamin Franklin envisioned the danger of airborne attack in 1784, only a few months after the first manned flight in a hot air balloon: . Five Thousand Balloons capable of raising two Men each, would not cost more than Five Ships of the Line: And where is the Prince who can afford so to cover his Country with Troops for its Defense, as that Ten Thousand Men descending from the Clouds, might ...
Active: 1941–1947 1948 – present: Country United Kingdom Branch British Army Type: Airborne forces: Role: Air assault infantry: Size: Battalion 662 personnel [1]: Part of: Parachute Regiment
The 82d Aviation Regiment, part of the U.S. Army, has three battalions and one separate company under the Combat Aviation Brigade, 82d Airborne Division.The brigade also has the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment and the 122d Aviation Support Battalion.
Code-named "Market Garden," it combined a deep airborne thrust through the west of the Netherlands by the 1st Allied Airborne Army, with an overland drive by the British 2nd Army. The plan visualized airborne forces seizing key bridges over rivers and canals so 2nd Army could move very deep and fast over a distance of more than 100 miles (160 ...
Other air forces, especially those from other Commonwealth countries, have often used similar systems of identification. During the Second World War , when units from other air forces were attached to the RAF; such as the Article XV squadrons (also known as '400 series squadrons'), their squadron codes were often changed, to avoid confusion ...
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.
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Organizational Change in the Russian Airborne Forces: The Lessons of the Georgian Conflict. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. ISBN 978-1-58487-519-2. Zaloga, Steven J. (1995). Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930–1995. Presidio Press. ISBN 978-0-89141-399-8.