The airborne assault went as scheduled, on 17 September 1944, with an improved performance by troop carrier units. Most drop zones were hit, with good drop patterns. 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute ...

WWII Airborne Demonstration Team historian Gary Daniels tells the story of two historic Douglas transports-C-47 Boogie Baby ...

Thousands of American and British paratroopers were dropped behind German lines in one of the largest airborne operations in history to kick off the Normandy invasion These soldiers were dropped into ...

Bullets streaked through the sky and shells exploded in the air as the lightweight glider carrying Ray Brown and a crew of 14 other men descended toward the landing zone near the Diersfordter Forest ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Eighty years ago here, on August 16, 1940, while World War II was raging but before the United States had entered the war, a platoon of Soldiers completed four days of parachute ...