For the paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, the ...

Airborne units are typically the first American forces to reach a crisis zone, which means their equipment must prepare them ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- During Black History Month, ABC11 takes a closer look at the first all-Black airborne unit in U.S. history. The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion often referred to as the ...

In this photo from 1945, paratroopers of the 555th Parachute Infantry climb into their parachute harnesses before boarding a plane of the First Troop Carrier Command. The C-47 would drop the airborne ...

Paratroopers at Fort Benning quite literally jumped into the holiday season Tuesday morning. That’s because of Operation Toy ...

The Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles are in many ways smaller, lighter versions of the service’s M1 Abrams main battle tanks, and are designed to give light infantry and airborne units more ...

Retired generals, noncommissioned officers and paratroopers who jumped behind enemy lines or rapidly deployed into battle are among the 12 soldiers named to the 82 nd Airborne Division’s 2023 Hall of ...

As Command Sgt. Maj. Vern Daley prepared for a parachute jump over Alaska on Thursday with the 11th Airborne Division, he had one addition to his standard Army uniform and equipment — his ...

NATO militaries are watching the Ukraine war and using the conflict to inform training. A top Polish general said he's learning that light infantry skills are still very important. "It must be ...

In February 1945, the United States assembled a force of paratroopers, glider troops, and Filipino and Chinese resistance fighters in a highly detailed, coordinated attack on a Japanese prison complex ...

Eighty years ago today, German artillery opened fire on an inexperienced American division that had been at the front for ...