* Day of Airborne Forces ( Russia and Ukraine )

In addition to these troops Belarus was the area of deployment for units subordinated directly to the USSR Defence Ministry and chiefs of different Soviet Armed Forces services, namely the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, the 38th Guards Airborne Brigade, the 11th corps of the 2nd Separate Air Defence Army, the 26th Air Army and also units and formations of the Strategic Rocket Forces, Long Range Aviation, the Navy and special forces.

* The Canadian Airborne Regiment, a Canadian Forces formation

* 2003 – Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

This led to a full-scale Soviet invasion in December 1979, led by the 40th Army and the Airborne Forces.

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

The insignia was designed by famous English novelist Daphne du Maurier, who was married to the commander of the 1st Airborne Division ( and later the expanded British Airborne Forces ), General Frederick " Boy " Browning.

The maroon background on the insignia was later used again by the Airborne Forces when they adopted the famous maroon beret in Summer 1942.

There are also three independent arms of service: Strategic Missile Troops, Russian Space Forces, and the Airborne Troops.

Jane's Amphibious and Special Forces, 2010, lists the 9th Airborne Division headquartered in Khartoum which includes two airborne brigades and the 144th Special Forces Battalion, an anti-terrorist unit.

The operation was composed of elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, TF Rakkasan, B Co. 159th Avn Rgt, 75th Ranger Regiment, the US Special Operation Forces groups to include elements of forces from USSOCOM, JSOC and CIA's Special Activities Division, TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, Canada's 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, the Turkish Maroon Berets, the Norwegian FSK and Marinejegerkommandoen, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, the New Zealand Special Air Service and Danish special forces from Jægerkorpset and the Danish Frogman Corps.

The other main memorial is the SAS and Airborne Forces memorial in the cloisters at Westminster Abbey.

Called the " 1st Airborne Task Force ", the force was composed of the 1st Special Services Forces, British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, the 509th and 551st Parachute Infantry Battalions, the glider-borne 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion, and supporting units.

* Flanagan, E. M. Jr., Airborne – A Combat History Of American Airborne Forces, The Random House Publishing Group, 2002

* Norton, G. G., The Red Devils – The Story Of The British Airborne Forces, Pan Books Ltd, 1973

* Otway, T. B. H, Airborne Forces, Adlib Books, 1990

The Bristol Aeroplane Company's Helicopter Division had its roots in 1944, when the helicopter designer Raoul Hafner, released from the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment ( AFEE ), came to Bristol along with some members of his team.

Specialist Five John J. Kedenberg ( BHS ' 64 ) was serving with a long-range reconnaissance team of South Vietnamese irregular troops while a member of the U. S. Army 5th Special Forces Group ( Airborne ).

* 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum

* Airborne Museum ( Oosterbeek )

* Royal Engineers Museum 6th Airborne Divisional Engineers-D Day 1944

Until December 2007 the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum was in Aldershot Military Town.

* Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum

A copy of Browning's uniform was made to Bogarde's measurements from the original in the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.

On August 27, 2010, a statue of General Shelton was unveiled and dedicated at the Airborne Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, NC.

The original model of the area around the radar station, that was used to brief troops taking part in the assault, is preserved in the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum, located at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

Report on the Operation, ParaData website, Trustees of the Airborne Forces Museum, Duxford

There are many small museums ( such as the Airborne Museum ) and World War II-related giftshops and eating places.

* The Airborne Museum

The container was brought back to England and is now on display at the Airborne Museum at Aldershot.

General Urquhart had his headquarters in the aforementioned Hartenstein, which is now home to the Airborne Museum.

Image: Airborne Museum Hartenstein. JPG | The Hartenstein Airborne Museum

The General William C. Lee Airborne Museum is located in Dunn, in his former home.

* General William C. Lee Airborne Museum Website

* An M-56 Scorpion is on Outdoor Display at the 82nd Airborne War Memorial Museum at Ft. Bragg, N. C.

Prior to being acquired by Jones, the painting was on loan to the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum.

* Airborne & Special Operations Insignia from Army Quartermaster Museum

" The swords and stars refer to the former general's career, as does the crest, which is the badge of the 101st Airborne ( which he served as a brigade commander in the mid-1970s ).

Over 200 are used by the 18th Airborne Battalion which is a part of the 6th Air Assault Brigade.

Passwords in military use evolved to include not just a password, but a password and a counterpassword ; for example in the opening days of the Battle of Normandy, paratroopers of the U. S. 101st Airborne Division used a password — flash — which was presented as a challenge, and answered with the correct response — thunder.

The Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser program uses a chemical laser which has successfully intercepted a missile taking off, so an offshoot of SDI could be said to have successfully implemented one of the key goals of the program.

Members of the Ritual development team have contributed game assets to other titles such as American McGee's Alice, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Tomb Raider: Legend and 25 to Life and are also the creators of " Übertools " for id Tech 3, which has been licensed for a number of other games.

As the sport quickly evolved, hot-shot mogul skiers like John Clendenin, Scott Brooksbank, Bill O ' Leary and " Airborne " Eddie Ferguson gave rise to the sport and in 1973, Sun Valley, Idaho hosted the first U. S. Freestyle Championships which John Clendenin went on to win.

In addition to replacing the Commando Helicopter Force Sea Kings, there is also a project to replace the Sea King in the Airborne Surveillance and Control mission, which has seen a number of proposals put forward, based on the type of aircraft carrier the platform would be expected to operate from.

The Independent Airborne Brigade was transformed in the present Rapid Reaction Brigade, which now includes not only parachute troops but also special operations and commando troops.

Before each airborne operation a jumpmaster runs through the " Sustained Airborne Training " script, which contains a number of points of performance.

* The Airborne Engineers Association is a military association, which is a registered charity and is made up of serving and ex members of Airborne units of the British Corps of Royal Engineers.

The British glider transported troops and paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division secured the eastern flank in Operation Tonga of which Operation Deadstick, capture of the Pegasus Bridge is the best remembered objective.

Operation Varsity was a daylight assault conducted by two airborne divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division and the American 17th Airborne Division, both of which were part of the US XVIII Airborne Corps.

The unit was assigned to the reactivated 101st Airborne Division and subsequently inactivated as a combat team in 1956 as part of the division's reorganization into the Pentomic structure, which featured battle groups in place of regiments and battalions.

Airborne assault ( десантно-штурмовые войска or DShV ) units wore similar striped shirts ( as did the naval infantry ) but used helicopters, rather than the Military Transport Aviation's AN-12s, AN-22s, and IL-76s, which carried the Airborne Troops and their equipment.

The Kuiper Airborne Observatory and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy use airplanes to observe in the infrared, which is absorbed by water vapor in the atmosphere.

In 1965, Caserma Ederle became the headquarters for the Southern European Task Force, which includes the 173d Airborne Brigade.

Airborne Express developed special narrow containers which allowed the use of passenger jet aircraft without needing a large cargo door modification.

* 1993-Airborne introduce the Airborne Logistics System ( ALS ), which provided Airborne with warehousing and distribution services.