The M8 Armored Gun System (AGS) was a lightweight tank intended for rapid deployment with the 82nd Airborne Division. Each Light Armor Battalion would have been the most maneuverable and lethal ...

The Nigerian Army has charged newly qualified paratroopers and other specialised personnel to deploy the skills acquired during ...

Army Aviation developed rapidly during World War I with significant advancements in aircraft types, weapons, ordnance, instruments and flight gear, including parachutes. Initially, parachutes were ...

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, ...

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 ...

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already begun hours earlier. Thousands of American and British paratroopers were ...

Distributed airborne autonomy is more than just a technological advancement; it is a strategic shift in how land warfare is ...

National Airborne Day coincides with the Airborne & Special Operations Museum's 25th anniversary and a Liberty Tree commemoration. A ceremony marking the 250th anniversary of the Liberty Tree will be ...

(USA Today)--About 50 paratroopers were injured Monday after a large-scale airborne operation conducted by the 82nd Airborne Division and the United Kingdom's 16 Air Assault Brigade. About 2,100 ...

In addition to the American and Japanese paratroopers, airborne troops from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom ...