Military parachutists functioning as part of an airborne force
Not to be confused with Paramilitary.
For other uses, see Paratrooper (disambiguation).
Paratroopers of the armies of Britain, Italy, and the United States during an exercise in Pordenone, Italy, 2019.
A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of airborne forces. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World War II for troop distribution and transportation. Paratroopers are often used in surprise attacks, to seize strategic objectives such as airfields or bridges.[1]
^Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 209. ISBN 9780850451634.
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