On the eve of the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spent the remaining hours of daylight with the paratroopers who were about to jump behind German lines into occupied France. A single moment ...

Poland's 6th Airborne Brigade has been using the MSBS Grot assault rifle in recent years. The gun, designed by a Polish arms maker, comes with a retractable or adjustable folding stock. This makes it ...

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

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a stress shoot apart the Division Artillery (DIVARTY) Best of the ...

A firsthand account from an Easy Company veteran reflecting on the decision to join the paratroopers, the mindset it required ...

BAUMHOLDER, Germany -- U.S. Army paratroopers with the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza, Italy, executed Exercise Full Tang at Baumholder, Germany from Nov. 13 to ...

Hundreds of paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division that deployed to the Washington, D.C., region in case they were needed for riot control are expected to begin returning on Thursday to Fort ...

Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt stopped a paratrooper from a potentially fatal accident during a training jump in a moment caught on video.

PARIS (Reuters) - British paratroopers recreating an airdrop behind German defences to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day were met by French customs officials at a makeshift border checkpost. Moments ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — With sprawling fields and plenty of free airspace to go around, Gettysburg may just be the perfect place to conduct a paratrooper training exercise — that is, until the wind blows ...

The Army's 250-foot drop tower at Fort Benning, Georgia sees a newly designed training parachute installed to better match current parachute drop rates. (Army) Army aircrews are going to get a new ...

His voice boomed, but 1st Sgt. Robert Points urged the soldiers in formation on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to move slowly and carefully. “Don’t get nervous,” he yelled Tuesday morning before they ...