Paratroopers, trained for rapid deployment and decisive action, can be left vulnerable and ineffective when intelligence fails and support falters, turning potential triumphs into costly defeats.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - About 200 members of the Nebraska National Guard made their final parachute jump last Friday, as the 2nd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment’s airborne operations came to an end.

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, ...

The 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) is a 21,000 Soldier strong, division-level Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) command within the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC).

Members of the Japan Self Defense Force from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade, perform a precision jump during Super Garuda Shield 2024. (Spc. Joseph Honce/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army and the ...

Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to turn five Boeing 747-8 aircraft into the Air Force's new fleet of Survivable Airborne Operations Center planes, which would allow the president to direct forces during a ...

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 ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal ...

Airborne troops from China and Belarus take part in the opening ceremony for the Swift Eagle 2026 joint training exercise at a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force tra ...

"First published in Great Britain as Arnhem : the Battle for the Bridges, 1944"--Title page verso. NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. The chase is on! -- 'Mad ...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In the days leading up to Memorial Day, Spartan Paratroopers stood shoulder to shoulder in silence to honor 77 fallen members of the 2nd Infantry Brigade ...