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 ...

Heroic stories of Black and Caribbean paratroopers who fought on D-Day and at Arnhem in 1944 have been retold as part of a ...

Sgt. Terell Seales, an “exceptional leader and soldier,” died following a vehicle accident at Hohenfels, Germany.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Canadian Army jumpmasters and tactical leaders joined U.S. paratroopers from the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 7-10, 2025, for an intensive week of joint ...

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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.

Russian propagandists claim that the Russian forces have pushed deeper into the city center and advanced toward the village ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – In a display of cooperation and capability, Soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard and the Jordanian Armed Forces recently conducted a joint airborne operation in Watkins, ...

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 ...