The abrupt cancelation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.

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

Warning sign that US troops could be headed for Mideast deployment: report - Trump administration officials have not ruled out sending U.S. troops to Iran ...

Parachute riggers assigned to Group Support Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) successfully executed the ...

The Pentagon has ordered approximately 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division to be ready for rapid deployment, officially citing potential unrest in Minneapolis following the ...

The Pentagon has issued orders for roughly 1,500 active-duty troops from the 11th Airborne Division to prepare for swift deployment, officially stating this is in response to possible civil unrest in ...

Airborne units are typically the first American forces to reach a crisis zone, which means their equipment must prepare them for immediate contact the moment they land Units like the 82nd Airborne ...

When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian navy unable to guarantee control of the seas, Adolf Hitler turned to his ...

About 500 headquarters troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division will replace a similar number of 1st Infantry Division troops in Iraq in June, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The 82nd troops, based ...

The grouping of the Airborne Assault Troops of the AFU is conducting an active operation in the Alexandrovsky direction. The main goal is to thwart the Russian Federation's plans to advance in ...

The 82ND Airborne Division entertained the troops Wednesday with holiday concert featuring the Airborne All American Chorus, Rock Band, and String Quintet.