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No. 295 Squadron RAF (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

No 295 Squadron RAF was an airborne forces and transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was the first unit to be equipped with

Paratrooper helmet (157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

paratrooper helmet is a type of combat helmet used by paratroopers and airborne forces. The main difference from standard combat helmets is that paratrooper

1st Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) (533 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Airborne Division. Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 9780714641201. "1-й воздушно-десантный

3rd Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) (615 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

– July 1942). Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Zaloga, Steven J.; Ness, Leland

No. 620 Squadron RAF (728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

World War II. During its existence it served as a bomber squadron, airborne forces and a transport squadron. No 620 Squadron was formed at RAF Chedburgh

2nd Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) (341 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

1939-1945. The History Press. ISBN 9780750951418. Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201.

No. 296 Squadron RAF (597 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Manchester on 25 January 1942 from the Glider Exercise Unit as an airborne forces unit, equipped with obsolete Hawker Hectors and Hawker Harts, and moved

37th Guards Airborne Corps (615 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 2015-11-03. Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Thomas, Nigel (2012-05-22).

38th Guards Airborne Corps (800 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306. Glantz, David M. (1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Ilford, Essex: Frank Cass. ISBN 0714634832.

39th Guards Airborne Corps (343 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The 39th Guards Airborne Corps was a Red Army airborne corps. First formed in August 1944, it was converted to infantry in January 1945 and fought during

No. 190 Squadron RAF (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1946 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Role Convoy escort Airborne forces Transport Part of No. 38 Group RAF Motto(s) Latin: Ex Tenebris (Translation:

Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) (1,347 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Soviet Airborne Troops formed a number of Airborne Corps during World War II. Each airborne corps was to have 8020 soldiers in total, armed with: 4500

4th Airborne Corps (Soviet Union) (1,446 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

August 1942) Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Glantz 2010, pp. 32, 38. Kiselyov

Pavel Grachev (999 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачёв; 1 January 1948 – 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was

List of World War II British airborne battalions (1,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The British airborne forces, during the Second World War, consisted of the Parachute Regiment, the Glider Pilot Regiment, the airlanding battalions, and

Light tank Mk VIII (1,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

so that aircraft could tow them as gliders into position to support airborne forces; eventually it was decided to hand over those tanks that had been built

Garrison Petawawa (2,062 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Ground of the Warriors". The Garrison Petawawa Museum and the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum feature uniforms, medals, patches, photographs and other Base

Aleksandr Rodimtsev (322 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexander Ilich Rodimtsev (Russian: Александр Ильич Родимцев; 8 March 1905 – 13 April 1977) was a colonel general in the Red Army during World War II and

Hardwick Hall (2,355 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Army's 1st Parachute Brigade was formed at Hardwick Hall in 1941. The Airborne Forces Depot and Battle School was located on the grounds of the estate from

Mikhail Kornienko (1,386 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Kornienko was called to service in the Soviet Army. He served in the Airborne Forces (VDV) in Kirovabad, Azerbaijan in the USSR. In May 1980, he completed

356th Fighter Group (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

18, and 23 September 1944 for support of Operation Market-Garden airborne forces in the Netherlands. See 118th Airlift Wing for additional lineage and

Theirs Is the Glory (1,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operation as a whole and includes the British, Polish and American Airborne forces, while Theirs Is the Glory focuses solely on the British forces, and

No. 297 Squadron RAF (877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was notable for being the first airborne forces squadron formed. With sister No 296 Squadron it formed No 38 Wing RAF

Grigory Chukhray (1,042 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Grigory Naumovich Chukhray (23 May 1921 – 28 October 2001) was a Ukrainian Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR

IRVIN-GQ (1,196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

safer and increasingly reliable parachute assemblies for aircrews and airborne forces; their parachutes were extensively used throughout the conflict. In

Yan Tsapnik (96 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Yan Yurevich Tsapnik (Russian: Ян Ю́рьевич Ца́пник; born 15 August 1968) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor. Yan appeared in more than 200

William of Orange (pigeon) (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

were a problem for the Allied units; German troops had surrounded the airborne forces and the few radio sets present malfunctioned. William of Orange was

Starshina (839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forces (1955–1963) Air force, airborne forces, air defence forces (1955–1963) Navy (1924–1940) Navy (1955–1963) Air force, airborne forces (1963–1994)

Georgy Shpak (680 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

December 4, 1996, to September 8, 2003, he was Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces.[citation needed] In September 2003, after leaving the military service

Juma Namangani (1,911 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jumaboi Ahmadjonovich Khodjiyev (1968 or 1969 – November 2001), better known by the nom de guerre Juma Namangani, was an Uzbek Islamist militant with a

Beriev A-60 (599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

transport— it was originally developed in the former Soviet Union for its airborne forces. In the 1970s a special aviation complex was established by the Soviets

Storm Over Arnhem (888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battalion and 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions. The plan was for the airborne forces to seize and hold the Arnhem bridge for two days, before being relieved

Liberation Day (Netherlands) (350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

liberated by the British Second Army which included American and Polish airborne forces (see Operation Market Garden) and French airbornes (see Operation Amherst)

Tactical recognition flash (280 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

is similar to, but distinct from, the DZ Flashes worn by members of Airborne Forces. TRFs should not be confused with formation signs or insignia, which

Vasily Glagolev (1,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into infantry. In April 1946, he became the commander of the Soviet airborne forces and died on in 1947 during exercises. Vasily Glagolev was born on 21

Vasily Glagolev (1,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into infantry. In April 1946, he became the commander of the Soviet airborne forces and died on in 1947 during exercises. Vasily Glagolev was born on 21

Sergei Rudenko (general) (588 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko (Russian: Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко; Ukrainian: Сергій Гнатович Руденко, romanized: Serhii Hnatovych Rudenko; 20 October [O.S

Boys anti-tank rifle (2,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rectangular muzzle brake and a V-shaped bipod; and a third model made for airborne forces with a 30-inch (762 mm) barrel and no muzzle brake. There were also

Alexander Lebed (2,964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ле́бедь; 20 April 1950 – 28 April 2002) was a Soviet and Russian military officer

Pegasus (1,808 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

commander of the 1st Airborne Division (and later the expanded British Airborne Forces), General Frederick "Boy" Browning. According to the British Army Website

Nikolai Vasilyevich Kalinin (386 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nikolai Vasilyevich Kalinin (Russian: Николай Васильевич Калинин; 10 March 1937 – 7 March 2008) was a Red Army Colonel general. He commanded the Soviet

D-Day naval deceptions (1,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Titanic, which was intended to confuse the Germans about the D-Day airborne forces. It is unclear whether the operations were successful, due to the complexity

Mark Yevtyukhin (1,017 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mark Nikolayevich Yevtyukhin (Russian: Марк Никола́евич Евтю́хин, 1 May 1964 – 1 March 2000) was a Russian Lieutenant-Colonel and Commander of the Pskov-based

Mykola Tomenko (1,683 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Томенко; born December 11, 1964) is a Ukrainian politician. He has been a member of Ukraine's

Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife (2,009 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

made famous during World War II when issued to British Commandos, the Airborne Forces, the SAS and many other units, especially for the Normandy landings

Battle of Maleme (2,901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slowly, making them an easy target for any ground fire. The German airborne forces utilised assault gliders, the DFS 230, which could carry a load of

Operation Herkules (3,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

landing on Malta just before midnight on the first day, after the airborne forces had landed in the afternoon and secured the heights above the beaches

Alexander Kazankin (1,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

becoming airborne forces commander again between January and March 1950, Kazankin successively became inspector general of the airborne forces and then

Terentiy Parafilo (308 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Terentiy Mikhaylovich Parafilo (Russian: Тере́нтий Михай́лович Парафи́ло; 28 October 1901 – 24 June 1943(1943-06-24) (aged 41) was a Soviet military commander

Vyacheslav Aleksandrov (140 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Alexandrov (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Александров; 4 January 1968 – 8 January 1988) was a Guards Junior Sergeant and squad

Vasily Glazunov (1,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Soviet lieutenant general, who was the first commander of the Soviet airborne forces (VDV). He was twice awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union. Vasily Afanasyevich

List of military units in the 2014 Crimean crisis (963 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Brigade (Airborne Forces) (Ulyanovsk) 76th Guards Air Assault Division (Airborne Forces), possibly (Pskov) 7th Guards Airborne Division (Airborne Forces) (Novorossiisk)

Pegasus Bridge (1,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operation. The name is derived from the shoulder emblem worn by British airborne forces of I Airborne Corps (United Kingdom), which depicts Bellerophon riding

Tony Deane-Drummond (1,185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces. During the Second World War, he was the second-in-command of a commando

131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers (2,176 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Applecross in Wester Ross. In 1977, reductions in the regular and TA Airborne Forces were announced and on 31 March 1978, 44 Parachute Brigade (Volunteers)

Dmitri Sukhorukov (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Schofield, Carey (1993-01-01). The Russian elite: inside Spetsnaz and the Airborne forces. Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, Limited. ISBN 9781853671555. Sukhorukov

36th Airborne Brigade (Russia) (165 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

(1995-01-01). Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930-1995. Presidio. ISBN 9780891413998. Lenski, Andrei; Tsybin, M

Leonid Khabarov (4,758 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Leonid Khabarov (Russian: Леони́д Васи́льевич Хаба́ров, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit xɐˈbarəf]; born May 8, 1947) is a former Soviet military officer whose battalion

Viktor Afanasyev (politician) (972 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev (Russian: Ви́ктор Григо́рьевич Афана́сьев; 18 November 1922 – 10 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian public figure, journalist

13th Separate Airborne Brigade (202 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The 13th Separate Airborne Brigade was an airborne brigade of the Soviet and Russian Airborne Troops between 1968 and 1996. The 13th Separate Airborne

1978 in Zaire (30 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Date event May In the Battle of Kolwezi, French and Belgian airborne forces rescue European and Zairian hostages held by Congolese National Liberation

Helicopter Brigade of Russian Airborne Troops (483 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of Russian Airborne Forces is a plan of the Ministry of Defense of Russia to create a brigade of army aviation as part of the Airborne Forces. In December

Military commissioning schools in Russia (339 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The military commissioning schools are educational institutions conducting career commissioned officer training programmes. Education acquired at such

Warrant officer schools of the Russian Armed Forces (524 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Warrant officer schools of the Russian Armed Forces conduct warrant officer training programmes. Education acquired at such schools is vocational military

Independent company (British Army) (1,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

War, the concept of the independent company was maintained in the airborne forces with the formation of a pair of company-sized units operating independently

List of guards units of Russia (1,282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has a large number of Guards units. 1st Guards Tank Army 2nd Guards Tank Army 20th Guards Combined Arms Army

Bénouville, Calvados (596 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Bridge by Royal Engineers, in honour of the winged horse symbol of the Airborne Forces, while the River Orne bridge was many years later renamed Horsa Bridge

Transport aircraft (161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

routes in uncontrolled airspace, and employed historically to deliver airborne forces and tow military gliders; sometimes also called military cargo aircraft

Alexander Kapitokhin (1,198 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 0300078137. Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Kruglov, V.A. "КАПИТОХИН Александр

212th Airborne Brigade (1,311 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 9780804718356. Glantz, David M. (1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Ilford, Essex: Frank Cass. ISBN 0714634832. Isaev, Alexey (2004).

Mykola Lytvyn (533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mykola Mykhailovych Lytvyn (Ukrainian: Микола Михайлович Литвин; born 8 March 1961) was a chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine since 2003

Pavel Mironov (880 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pavel Vasilyevich Mironov (Russian: Павел Васильевич Миронов; 21 September 1900 – 29 October 1969) was a Red Army lieutenant general and Hero of the Soviet

Ivan Tutarinov (917 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ivan Vasilyevich Tutarinov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Тутаринов; 19 June 1904 – 19 June 1978) was a Red Army colonel general who commanded the Soviet airborne

Alexander Mironenko (648 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexander Grigoryevich Mironenko (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Мироненко; 20 October 1959 – 29 February 1980) was a Soviet airborne senior sergeant and

Two-inch mortar (1,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

manufactured Mk VII - for use on Universal Carriers Mk VII* - for use by airborne forces, having a shorter barrel - 14 inches (360 mm) - and the baseplate replaced

2nd Parachute Brigade in Southern France (3,454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that their secondary objective of Le Muy was given to the American airborne forces. The seaborne and airborne landings linked up within two days, and

Giretsu Kuteitai (991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unit of the Imperial Japanese Army formed from Teishin Shudan (IJA airborne forces), in November 1944 as a last-ditch attempt to reduce and delay Allied

Alexey Naumets (802 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexey Vasilievich Naumets (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Наумец; born 11 February 1968) is a Russian Airborne Troops major general. He served with the airborne

Military education in the Soviet Union (2,784 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

There existed an evolved system of military education in the Soviet Union that covered a wide range of ages. The Soviet Armed Forces had many tri-service

John Waddy (British Army officer) (3,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

September 1944 during Operation Market Garden. The Allies planned to use airborne forces to secure key bridges over a number of rivers and canals in the Netherlands

Battle of Kolwezi (1,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battle of Kolwezi was an airborne operation by French and Belgian airborne forces that took place in May 1978 in Zaire during the Shaba II invasion of

Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield (418 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

factory here to build 1699 Fairey Swordfish naval torpedo aircraft. The Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment (AFEE) was moved from RAF Ringway to Sherburn

American airborne landings in Normandy (8,132 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

as 2003 a prominent history (Airborne: A Combat History of American Airborne Forces by retired Lieutenant General E.M. Flanagan) repeated these and other

British Army incremental infantry companies (3,729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. In 1946, the UK's airborne forces were reorganised, with a number of new units formed that were affiliated

Mikhail Davydov (oncologist) (587 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Mikhail Ivanovich Davydov (Russian: Михаил Иванович Давыдов; born October 11, 1947) is a Russian doctor and medical scientist. He has received the Russian

Uali Elamanov (514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a military adviser at the training center for the training of airborne forces in the Republic of Mozambique. In 1992, the year Kazakhstan gained

Hikōtai Transport Unit (274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territories or the combat front in wartime. Such units supported Army airborne forces during their missions as well. These service operated various types

TERA rifle (871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Palembang, resulting in many rifles and heavier weapons of the IJA airborne forces being lost (a similar problem faced by German paratroopers during the

Thao Ty (530 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Air Force), was a Laotian Paratrooper officer and commander of the Airborne Forces and the Special Forces of the Royal Lao Army (French: Armée Royale

Landing area (257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

extends to any land included in any consequent military advance made. (Airborne forces) The area where landing troops are to be deployed, or supplies, either

32nd Guards Tank Division (1,132 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 2015-09-26. Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Zaloga, Steve (1995-01-01).

Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick (373 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Aircraft Production from 1942 to 1945. He also served as Chairman of the Airborne Forces Committee from 1943 to 1945. In 1947 the Labour Government nationalized

List of British military equipment of World War II (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Turtle" helmet - introduced in 1944 Helmet Steel Airborne Troop - for airborne forces Beret - the beret was introduced in place of the Field service cap

Gillean Maclaine (158 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment, part of the Airborne Forces at Arnhem. By the time of his retirement, as an Hon. Captain on 25

12th Peacekeeping Brigade (Armenia) (1,445 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Blue Berets due to its role (and its similarities to the Armenian Airborne Forces), it solely specializes in peacekeeping in foreign countries as part

Parachute Regiment in the media (457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

article is about the British Parachute Regiment. For other nations airborne forces, see List of paratrooper forces Theirs Is the Glory (1946) The Red

Charles Duncan (British Army soldier) (203 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

War Cemetery in Enfidaville, Tunisia. His medal was presented to the Airborne Forces Museum at Aldershot in 1972. George Cross website "No. 36239". The

Vickers Vigilant (4,019 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

been dropped. This left the Vigilant in use with the infantry and airborne forces well into the 1970s. Approximately 18,000 were produced in total. Vickers-Armstrongs

Flag of the Western Union (651 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery when he visited the H.Q. of the Airborne Forces. — Howard N. Cole, Badges on battledress: post-war formation signs

Little Baldon air crash (1,358 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Parachute Regiment recruits and a Royal Artillery gunner from the Airborne Forces Depot at Aldershot. Two of the instructors were members of the RAF

224th (126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Parachute) Field Ambulance, a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War 224th Battalion, CEF, a unit in the Canadian

Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2,988 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was launched when military personnel from XI Corps, along with the airborne forces who were assisted by the joint special forces, entered the area of

195th (190 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Airlanding) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War 195th (City of Regina) Battalion, CEF,

40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger (1,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sänger (English: 40th Parachute Light Infantry Battalion) was the only airborne forces unit formation of the National People's Army, formed in 1962. The battalion

195th (190 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Airlanding) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War 195th (City of Regina) Battalion, CEF,

Operation Black Thunderstorm (4,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Army leaders hoped to trap about 500 militants in between the 50th Airborne forces and SSG Division's teams that were advancing on the ground towards

Mikhail Yenshin (2,141 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mikhail Alexandrovich Yenshin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Еншин; 3 December 1900 – 6 February 1984) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero

Kalinin Front (426 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Russian), via axishistoryforum at [1]. David M. Glantz (1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-7146-4120-1.

Princes Gardens, Aldershot (1,073 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

recognition of the more than 50 years association the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces had with the town and people of Aldershot from 1946 to 2000. The statue

History of the Second World War (2,213 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

M. C. (1953) Ordnance services, Officers of the directorate (1950) Airborne Forces, Oatway, T. B. H. (1951) The development of artillery, tactics and

1944 in the Netherlands (2,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Flanders liberated Conquest of the Waal bridges near Nijmegen The British Airborne forces have to abandon the Rhine bridge at Arnhem 21 Sep: Beginning of the

RAF Tarrant Rushton (743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commenced in May 1942, the airfield being intended for the use of airborne forces of 38 Wing RAF. On 17 May 1943 the base was handed over while still

Superior (501 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Superiority may refer to: Air superiority, the dominance of one military's airborne forces over another in any given conflict Superiority complex, psychological

P Company (971 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

commander in a regular battalion. "First female soldier passes demanding Airborne Forces test | The Independent". "Our Schools and Colleges". www.army.mod.uk

List of Soviet Army divisions 1989–1991 (2,508 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Airborne Division (Tula, RSFSR) 242nd District Training Centre of the Airborne Forces (Gaižiūnai/Jonava, Lithuanian SSR) created from the 44th Training Airborne

British airborne operations in North Africa (7,309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

three services as well as the fledgling airborne force. Finally, the airborne forces lacked a single, coherent policy, with no clear idea as to how they

Terence Otway (1,774 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

official history of "Airborne Forces". Originally restricted, it finally became available to the public in 1990 as Army Airborne Forces in the Second World

3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment (249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Disbanded December 1, 1955 Country France Branch French Army Type Airborne forces Part of 3e B.E.P I Formation, 1949 3e B.E.P II Formation, 1951 3e B

31st Guards Airborne Division (661 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(1995). Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930–1995. Presidio. p. 138. ISBN 9780891413998. Kirov, A.M. (July

Seaghan Maynes (510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dublin.[citation needed] Maynes landed on D-Day with the other American airborne forces and he was accredited to General George S. Patton’s U.S. 3rd Army for

1943 RAF Hudson crash (251 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman, on his way to the Middle East for an Airborne Forces Planning Conference, died as a result of the crash. The only other

8th Guards Airborne Division (547 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

26 June 1945) Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. "107th Guards Airborne Division"

No. 512 Squadron RAF (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1946 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Role Transport Airborne forces Motto(s) Latin: Pegasus Militans (Translation: "Pegasus at war") Insignia

Battle of Arnhem (11,579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant David Lord received the Victoria Cross posthumously), the Airborne forces only recovered 31 short tons (28 t) of supplies. The dropzone, DZ 'V'

Serafimovskoe Cemetery (1,411 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Afghanistan. It opened that same year on 2 August, the Day of the Airborne Forces, opposite the Afghan War memorial, itself inaugurated in 1996, sponsored

Yagur (493 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

found at Mesheq Yagur colony including diagrams, ParaData website, Airborne Forces Museum, Duxford. "Kibbutz Yagur Ulpan". Sefer Yagur, circa 1961-1962

Tony Hibbert (British Army officer) (2,248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Hibbert Sword, presented annually to the most-promising officer of the airborne forces. Roll Call: Major Tony Hibbert, MBE MC Archived 19 October 2014 at

Robert K. Wright Jr. (502 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The Tradition Continues: The Virginia Army National Guard, 1985. Airborne Forces at War: From Parachute Test Platoon to the 21st Century. Association

RAF Glatton (724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coastal defenses along the Cherbourg peninsula on D-Day in support of airborne forces who had landed on the peninsula. It struck airfields, railroads, fuel

Folding Trolley Airborne (81 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

wheelbarrow device used to transport equipment on the battlefield by British Airborne Forces, known as the "Para barra". CLE Canister The 9th, 1787-1960: The History

Folding Trolley Airborne (81 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

wheelbarrow device used to transport equipment on the battlefield by British Airborne Forces, known as the "Para barra". CLE Canister The 9th, 1787-1960: The History

Vyazma airborne operation (881 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

October 2015. Glantz, David M. (1 January 1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Zaloga, Steve (1 January 1985)

Brian Urquhart (1,889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the operation, and requested a transfer out of the airborne forces. After leaving the airborne forces, he was transferred to T-Force, a unit responsible

13th Guards Airborne Division (739 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 9785895035306. Glantz, David M. (1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Ilford, Essex: Frank Cass. ISBN 0714634832. Keith E. Bonn, Slaughterhouse:

Tan beret (1,150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

returned to the UK they were forced to adopt the maroon beret of the airborne forces as they became part of that command (see Special Air Service Troops)

Royal Corps of Transport (1,175 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

School of Mechanical Transport - (Later Defence School of Transport). Airborne Forces as a Parachutist but stayed in trade, so not for sea, port and railway

Regiment Special Force (547 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

information of operational significance. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airborne Forces Combat Search and Rescue Security Warfare And Advanced Tactics Course

Valery Vostrotin (85 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Valery Aleskandrovich Vostrotin (Russian: Вале́рий Алекса́ндрович Востро́тин; 20 November 1952 – 13 February 2024) was a Russian military officer and politician

South African National Museum of Military History (1,016 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Main Courtyard A memorial erected in honour of fallen members of the airborne forces of 44 Parachute Regiment, 44 Parachute Brigade and the South African

1st Parachute Army (Wehrmacht) (362 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H (1990). The Second World War 1939-1945 Army - Airborne Forces. Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0-901627-57-7, p. 298 Otway, p. 299

Battle of Bréville (3,993 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Chaos Reigns: The Near-Disaster and Ultimate Triumph of the Allied Airborne Forces on D-Day, 6 June 1944 Cole, pp.79–80 "The British Airborne Assault"

Polikarpov BDP S-1 (209 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 9780312289270. Thompson, Leroy (2006). Unfulfilled Promise: The Soviet Airborne Forces, 1928-1945 (4th ed.). Bennington, Vermont: Merriam Press. p. 35. ISBN 1576381439

Kantokuen (12,743 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Composition, 1 September 1941 Transbaikal Military District Rifle, Airborne Forces, and Cavalry Corps and Army Artillery, High Command Reserve Artillery

11th Guards Airborne Division (719 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 9781428915824. Glantz, David M. (1994). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Ilford, Essex: Frank Cass. ISBN 0714634832. Kalashnikov, K. A.; Dodonov

Operation Quyet Thang (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

loss of 23 ARVN/U.S. killed.: 462 On 26 March, east of Hóc Môn ARVN Airborne forces found 128 dead VC who had apparently been killed by air and artillery

Duncan Lamont (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

served as a sergeant pilot in the Glider Pilot Regiment of the British airborne forces. He resumed acting acter the War, and entered films in the early 1950s

Operation Quyet Thang (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

loss of 23 ARVN/U.S. killed.: 462 On 26 March, east of Hóc Môn ARVN Airborne forces found 128 dead VC who had apparently been killed by air and artillery

Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (3,904 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

formation of the Army's Airborne Forces Development Centre (AFDC) at Amesbury Abbey in May 1943 and the RAF's Airborne Forces Tactical Development Unit

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (11,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Although combat operations were primarily conducted by ground forces, airborne forces played a vital support role and naval forces ensured the security of

35th Guards Air Assault Brigade (1,461 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(1995-01-01). Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930–1995. Presidio. ISBN 9780891413998. Holm, Michael. "35th independent

3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1949 – September 1, 1955 Country France Branch French Army Type Airborne forces Part of 3e BEP I Formation, 1949 3e BEP II Formation, 1951 3e BEP III

55th Paratroopers Brigade (Israel) (308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Brigade is subordinate to the 98th Paratroopers Division. The brigade is airborne forces unit within the IDF which over the years has taken part in a number

Son, Netherlands (224 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Son Town Son Airborne Forces monument by Jan van Gemert Son Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Show map of North Brabant Son

932nd Airlift Wing (1,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reservists with Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars in the tactical airlift of airborne forces, their equipment and supplies and delivery of these forces and materials

No. 196 Squadron RAF (975 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Mar 1946 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Role Bomber Airborne Forces Special Operations Transport Part of No. 4 Group RAF No. 3 Group RAF

Anatoly Dyakonov (1,168 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Airborne Forces, Dyakonov became deputy commander of the Airborne Forces in May 1953. From June 1955, he served as general-inspector of the Airborne Forces

Thomas Firbank (619 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

in the Coldstream Guards. He was later seconded to the newly formed Airborne Forces with whom he fought in North Africa, Italy and Arnhem, and was awarded

28th Air Division (913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

April 1985, the 28th provided theater and Air Force commands with airborne forces for surveillance, warning, command and control, communications, and

David M. Glantz (1,590 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Oregon: F. Cass. 1992. ISBN 978-0-7146-3435-7. The History of Soviet Airborne Forces (1994) ISBN 0-7146-3483-2 Soviet Documents on the Use of War Experience:

Maroon (2,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Democracy. Military The distinctive maroon beret has been worn by many airborne forces around the world, starting with the British Parachute Regiment (nicknamed

Special Services Wing (850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Squadron (5th PTS) The members of No. 5th Paratrooper Squadrons are the Airborne forces of Pakistan Air Force. Together, they perform and participated in military

909th Tactical Airlift Group (816 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recruit and train Air Force Reserve personnel in the tactical airlift of airborne forces, their equipment and supplies and delivery of these forces and materials

1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision (924 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft). Vasily Margelov, Commander of the Airborne Forces and General of the Army, decided that a memorial would be constructed

Battle of Changde (1,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Chinese 10th and the 29th Group Armies. On 16 November, Japanese airborne forces landed in Taoyuan County to support the assault on the city proper

Beret (2,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1st Airborne Division, and soon became an international symbol of airborne forces. In the 1950s the U.S. Army's newly conceived Special Forces units

Camp Mackall (542 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Company. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-938021-90-2. Greenwood, John T. (2007). Airborne Forces at War. Naval Institute Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59114-028-3. Ambrose

105th Guards Vienna Airborne Division (1,029 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Airborne Regiment Glantz, David M. (1994-01-01). The History of Soviet Airborne Forces. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780714641201. Michael Holm, 105th Guards Airborne

Operation Doomsday (3,621 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H. (1990). The Second World War 1939–1945 Army – Airborne Forces. Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0-901627-57-7. Ziemke, Earl (1959). The

Otway (surname) (138 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

(1770–1846), British admiral Terence Otway (1914–2006), Commander of Airborne Forces, D-Day Thomas Otway (1652–1685), English dramatist Thomas Otway (bishop)

916th Air Refueling Wing (1,236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recruit and train Air Force Reserve personnel in the tactical airlift of airborne forces, their equipment and supplies and delivery of these forces and materials

Huw Wheldon (1,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1940, but subsequently volunteered for the airborne forces and joined the Royal Ulster Rifles, with whom he flew into Normandy

Flames of War (3,800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from Armored Fist, Fighting First, Afrika Korp, Avanti, and mid-war Airborne forces. Eastern Front: Mid-war released in August 2022, includes all content

Frederick Browning (cricketer) (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the British Army and became known as the "father of the British airborne forces" during the Second World War. Browning died in October 1929 at Flaxley

German invasion of the Netherlands (16,787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was that the airborne attack was solely a Luftwaffe operation; the airborne forces would initially not be under operational command of the German Army

List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall (2,060 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H. (1990). The Second World War 1939–1945 Army – Airborne Forces. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0901627577. Saunders, Hilary St

RAF Fighter Command (2,601 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

1945, Fighter Command included 10, 11, 12 and 13 Groups, plus 38 (Airborne Forces) Group, 60 Group, and 70 (Training) Group. 10 Group was disestablished

Type 15 tank (1,721 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The Military Balance 2022, p.256 "Growing Big – Know About Chinese Airborne Forces". Air Power Aisa. "China delivers 44 VT5 light tanks to Bangladesh

Igor Sergeyev (627 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Rocket Forces, and the Ground Forces Headquarters was abolished. The Airborne Forces suffered some reductions, while the Naval Infantry only escaped due

Bellerophon (2,794 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The emblem of the World War II British Airborne Forces – Bellerophon riding the flying horse Pegasus.