RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- During Black History Month, ABC11 takes a closer look at the first all-Black airborne unit in U.S.

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 ...

Eleven Paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (3G), 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), sprang into action to assist fellow Alaskans following a traffic ...

Cockpit view of a USAF C-130 transport plane dropping U.S. Army Paratroopers over Juliet drop zone, Aviano, Italy. Units - ...

Retired generals, noncommissioned officers and paratroopers who jumped behind enemy lines or rapidly deployed into battle are among the 12 soldiers named to the 82 nd Airborne Division’s 2023 Hall of ...

NATO militaries are watching the Ukraine war and using the conflict to inform training. A top Polish general said he's learning that light infantry skills are still very important. "It must be ...

The U.S. Army helicopter pilot who died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday was identified as 40-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright. The Army released Wright’s name on Friday, June 13.

BELTON – Retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jerrad Benjamin served three combat tours during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the last of those deployments nearly killed the California native and sent him ...

A paratrooper at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, who was indicted last week on charges of weapons trafficking and lying about his association with a white nationalist group has been removed from the ...

An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was on a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. An 82nd Airborne Division ...