Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 40 personnel from U.S. Army South will participate in an airborne assault exercise in Colombia. During the Jan. 23-29 exercise, U.S. and Colombian paratroopers will conduct an airborne training insertion from C-130 Hercules aircraft of both nations, followed by tactical exercises designed to […]

DefenceTalkThe Brazilian army said Thursday it is sending elite troops and military aviation to a state where more than 100 people are reported to have been killed since police went on strike. More reinforcements were being deployed to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where 1,200 soldiers arrived earlier this week after chaos broke out […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazilian-army-sends-paratroopers-to-chaotic-state-69093/

DefenceTalkMore than 1,000 NATO paratroopers jumped from aircraft above Germany Wednesday in one of the alliance’s largest airborne training exercise in Europe since the Cold War ended, the US army said. Amid a drive by NATO to boost its defences in light of the Ukraine crisis, 11 member countries are taking part in Exercise Swift […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-paratroopers-exercise-germany-65192/

DefenceTalkParatroopers, with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, performed the largest U.S. airborne mission north of the Arctic Circle in more than a decade during Exercise Spartan Pegasus 15, Feb. 24. This exercise demonstrated their unique ability to rapidly mass power on an objective in extremely cold and austere […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-spartan-pegasus-demonstrates-joint-military-partnership-63343/

DefenceTalkHe used to be one of them, so when paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division asked Rich Landry to design a rucksack to meet their needs, he was thrilled. “That’s my past,” Landry said. “This … is my favorite kind of work, because the whole parachute (piece) is just such an interesting dynamic when you […]https://www.defencetalk.com/natick-designs-new-rucksack-for-paratroopers-62526/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s first group of female paratroopers completed their training on Sunday, the military announced, hailing it as a “landmark achievement” for the deeply conservative Muslim country. Captain Kiran Ashraf was declared the best paratrooper of the batch of 24, the military said in a statement, while Captain Sadia, referred to by one name, became the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-pakistani-women-paratroopers-make-history-48436/