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  • Thumbnail for Russian Airborne Forces
    Russian Airborne Forces (Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, romanized: Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) is the airborne forces branch...
    97 KB (8,458 words) - 17:59, 4 August 2024
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    parachutists in distress, but not airborne troops. Their necessarily-slow descent causes paratroopers to be vulnerable to anti-air fire from ground defenders...
    72 KB (9,326 words) - 06:26, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
    The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. Despite its name, the 6th was actually the...
    30 KB (3,171 words) - 05:49, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boeing YAL-1
    The Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser testbed was a modified Boeing 747-400F with a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside. It was...
    30 KB (3,088 words) - 14:17, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 101st Airborne Division
    The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is an air assault infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault...
    148 KB (15,334 words) - 23:35, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Han Kuang Exercise
    2000 exercise was held on August, focusing on anti-missile, anti-landing, anti-airborne landing and anti-air raid. The 2001 exercise was held from 26 March...
    14 KB (1,531 words) - 02:08, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 82nd Airborne Division
    The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas with...
    154 KB (16,358 words) - 11:59, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Operation Tonga
    Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part...
    51 KB (6,789 words) - 17:50, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Airborne gun
    concept of the "airborne guns" is to some degree outdated, their role being filled by mortars, wire-guided missiles, and/or light anti-tank weapons. As...
    5 KB (527 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
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    also specially trained in anti-airborne operations; during their formation both divisions had undergone month-long anti-airborne exercises whilst waiting...
    93 KB (11,579 words) - 13:05, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps
    The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军空降兵军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍空降兵軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn...
    24 KB (2,198 words) - 18:32, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 11th Airborne Division
    The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army airborne formation based in Alaska. First activated on 25 February 1943, during World...
    80 KB (8,309 words) - 16:59, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 173rd Airborne Brigade
    The 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is...
    98 KB (10,571 words) - 16:01, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for First Allied Airborne Army
    The First Allied Airborne Army was an Allied formation formed on 2 August 1944 by the order of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander...
    28 KB (3,287 words) - 04:14, 13 April 2024
  • Medal of Honor: Airborne is a first-person shooter video game, developed by EA Los Angeles, and released worldwide on mobile phones in August 2007, on...
    35 KB (3,632 words) - 21:20, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 17th Airborne Division (United States)
    The 17th Airborne Division, "The Golden Talons", was an airborne infantry division of the United States Army during World War II, commanded by Major General...
    44 KB (5,460 words) - 22:53, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)
    Airborne Brigade "Sicheslav" (Ukrainian: 25-та окрема повітрянодесантна "Січеславська" бригада; 25 ОПДБр, Military Unit Number А1126) is an airborne formation...
    20 KB (1,554 words) - 02:09, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
    The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 during...
    46 KB (5,220 words) - 12:04, 15 June 2024
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    2S25 Sprut-SD (category Airborne tanks)
    designed to defeat tanks, hard-skinned material and enemy manpower by airborne and amphibious landing forces, as well as by specially designated units...
    20 KB (2,239 words) - 23:00, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
    were ambushed by German anti-tank defences, causing delays to the advance. As a result, they were far short of the 82nd Airborne Division objectives, having...
    34 KB (3,745 words) - 17:29, 3 May 2024
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