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Operation Varsity: The Last Great Airborne Operation of WWII

On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

China was already a wind energy superpower. Now it’s testing giant airborne turbines

Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...

Cancellation of Army exercise fuels speculation about Mideast troop deployments

The abrupt cancellation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.
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82nd Airborne Division cancels training amid Iran deployment speculation

The U.S. Army abruptly canceled a large-scale training exercise for the command headquarters of its elite airborne division, sparking speculation that the unit could be deployed for a potential ground ...
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The 82nd Airborne Division just announced its newest unit. Here's what it will do

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paratroopers of the 82 nd Airborne Division are innovators, the command team of the division said. To capitalize on that ...
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Precision Sustainment in the Arctic: 402nd AFSB’s LSE (D) Supports 11th Airborne During JPMRC Alaska

In the unforgiving Arctic environment, where extreme cold, distance and terrain impose relentless demands on Soldiers and ...
Task & Purpose

This Airborne unit will give longer weekends if troops avoid DUIs

Troops with the 11th Airborne Division are getting a new reward. Companies and batteries can now earn an additional day off work. The catch? They must all pass drug tests and not get busted for ...

CPI Aerostructures receives follow-on orders totaling $6M for Airborne Pods

CPI Aerostructures (CVU) announced that it has received funded orders totaling $6 million for Airborne Pods from Raytheon’s Advanced Products & Solutions Strategic Business Unit. This program adds to ...
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Turkey's First Airborne Stand-Off Jammer Aircraft Breaks Cover

The Hava SOJ program envisages four aircraft, based on the Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft, with Aselsan developing the payload and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) integrating it. The first of the ...
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Fort Liberty's 18th Airborne orders soldiers on staff duty to get more sleep

FORT LIBERTY — The 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty published a memo over the weekend that says soldiers on staff duty have to sleep for at least four consecutive hours. The memo lays out the ...