airborne units
Troops from above
Airborne units are military forces trained to be deployed by aircraft, typically parachuting or landing by helicopter into combat zones.
The term distinguishes these troops from ground forces that arrive by land or sea: The airborne units secured the bridge before dawn.
Airborne operations allow rapid insertion behind enemy lines or into otherwise inaccessible areas.
- parachutesDescent-slowing fabric devices
- jump trainingExercises improving leap ability
- glidersUnpowered aircraft that soar
- rapid responseFast action to emergencies
- jump bootsMilitary footwear for airborne landings
rapid deployment · combat readiness · night operations · drop zones · reconnaissance missions · air navigation · altimeters · survival skills · paratroopers · emergency procedures · physical endurance · airdrop · D-Day · marksmanship · Arnhem · Fort Bragg · all the way · pathfinders
- Airborne Forcesparatrooper, parachute drop, drop zone, static line, jumpmaster
- Italian militarySan Marco, GIS, Julia, Air Force, mountain troops
- reinforcementsrelief force, reserve team, reinforcement, second wave, replacements
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- Army Divisionsinfantry division, armored division, cavalry division
- infantryfoot soldiers, foot soldier, rifleman, riflemen, infantryman
airborne unitsground forces
Military troops on land
foot soldiers · infantry · mechanized infantry · line infantry · amphibious forces
airs, airborne, airman, airline, airplane, aircraft, born, borne, bearing