The 82nd Airborne Division honor seven veteran paratroopers later this month to induct into its seventh class for the All American Hall of Fame Class of 2024, the division announced April 29. The ...

The Army in Europe deactivated one storied cavalry squadron and activated a parachute infantry battalion in its place.

The airborne assault went as scheduled, on 17 September 1944, with an improved performance by troop carrier units. Most drop zones were hit, with good drop patterns. 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute ...

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 ...

This article was published as part of a content-sharing agreement between Army Times and The Fayetteville Observer. FORT LIBERTY — Several family members traced letters with their fingers on the 82nd ...

PENDLETON — A group of former U.S. Army paratroopers plan to honor the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-Black unit from World War II that was based at Pendleton Field, where the Eastern ...

The June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy involved the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, ...

The U.S. 101st Airborne parachuted into their first battle on D-Day and became legends. The U.S. 101st Airborne, the Screaming Eagles, parachuted into their first battle on D-Day, 6th June 1944 and ...

POWIDZ, Poland - In the crucible of modern high intensity conflict, a mechanized division’s greatest strength, its heavy armor, can rapidly become a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An evolved version of the iconic U.S. military’s Jeep was tested in North Carolina at Fort Bragg and is now in production in North Carolina near Charlotte. The 82nd Airborne ...