Thousands of American and British paratroopers were dropped behind German lines in one of the largest airborne operations in history to kick off the Normandy invasion These soldiers were dropped into ...

Paratroopers inside the fuselage of a Whitley aircraft at RAF Ringway - (Wikimedia.org) When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete.

Airborne units are typically the first American forces to reach a crisis zone, which means their equipment must prepare them for immediate contact the moment they land Units like the 82nd Airborne ...