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Paratroopers' Regiment (redirect from School of Parachute Troops)de Paraquedistas (formerly: Escola de Tropas Pára-Quedistas - Parachute Troops School), based in Tancos, Portugal, is a unit of the Portuguese Army and...15 KB (1,799 words) - 02:02, 29 June 2023
Páraquedistas (Parachute Troops School), in Tancos is unit responsible for the execution of several key missions of the Portuguese Parachute Troops, such as...3 KB (188 words) - 08:31, 12 June 2023
for quick assaults and raids. Paratroopers are instructed at the Parachute Troops School, in Tancos, central Portugal. Paratrooper units: (the units are...17 KB (1,263 words) - 16:16, 19 December 2024
(Polígono de Tancos) that includes the Tancos Military Air Field, the Parachute Troops School and a military engineering unit. Instituto Nacional de Estatística...5 KB (111 words) - 08:57, 10 July 2024
(consisting of British troops), 152 Parachute Battalion (consisting of Indian troops) and 153 Parachute Battalion (consisting of Gurkha troops) alongside other...49 KB (6,052 words) - 23:02, 18 March 2025
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or aerodynamic lift. A major application is to support...67 KB (8,290 words) - 02:46, 2 March 2025- Commandos: Audaces fortuna juvat (Latin for "Fortune favours the bold") Parachute Troops School: Que nunca por vencidos se conheçam ("May they never be found defeated")...88 KB (6,941 words) - 14:50, 24 March 2025
includes non-parachute units): School of Parachute Troops (including the Air-Land Support Battalion and its Pathfinders Company); 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion...17 KB (2,090 words) - 20:40, 1 January 2025
major parachute assault operations in North Africa, Italy, Greece, France, the Netherlands and Germany, often landing ahead of all other troops. At the...104 KB (11,536 words) - 01:40, 18 March 2025
Airborne forces (redirect from Parachute infantry)carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in airborne units...73 KB (9,578 words) - 16:35, 30 November 2024- Military Academy Army Special Operations Portuguese Paratroopers Parachute Troops School Rapid Reaction Brigade Ordenanças Colonel who has completed the...130 KB (16,295 words) - 14:02, 21 March 2025
- Asas de Portugal Rotores de Portugal Polícia Aérea 751 Squadron Parachute Troops School Portuguese Paratroop Nurses "Portuguese Air Force Management Report"...141 KB (17,869 words) - 15:59, 20 March 2025
Parachutist badge (redirect from Parachute Badge)first to introduce such an award. The School of Airborne Troops oversees different courses. The Military Parachute Trainee Badge (French: Brevet de préparation...27 KB (3,241 words) - 18:20, 19 February 2025
military personnel. U.S. Army Airborne School, circa 1943 Office of War Information film on U.S. Army parachute training during WW II In 1940, the War...22 KB (2,503 words) - 23:43, 24 March 2025
HALO jump from a CV-22, 2020 (1:38) High-altitude military parachuting is a style of parachuting in which personnel, equipment, or supplies are airdropped...20 KB (2,378 words) - 11:32, 22 March 2025
List of French paratrooper units (category Military parachuting in France)Base School of Airborne Troops . School of Airborne Troops (ETAP). School Brigade of Colonial Paratroopers. National Parachute Instruction Center (NPIC)...32 KB (2,683 words) - 22:29, 3 January 2025
Fallschirmjäger (category Military parachuting)("parachute soldiers battalion"), a cadre for future Fallschirmtruppe ("parachute troops"). In January 1936, 600 men and officers formed the 1st Jäger Battalion/RGG...41 KB (4,971 words) - 12:13, 18 March 2025- The École des troupes aéroportées (ETAP), or School of Airborne Troops, is a military school dedicated to training the military paratroopers of the French...3 KB (269 words) - 14:38, 15 October 2024
Paratrooper (redirect from Military parachuting)line. Mobility of the parachutes is often deliberately limited to prevent scattering of the troops when a large number parachute together. Some military...54 KB (6,588 words) - 12:58, 27 January 2025
realized the significance of parachute units, and a school of parachuting was opened at Pančevo on 1 October 1939. The School was moved to Novi Sad in 1941...18 KB (1,836 words) - 13:09, 17 March 2025
- commanding the Fallschirm Armee Waffen school where the nominal parachute regiments were being trained as ground troops. Colonel von der Heydte was ordered
- acquaintance with a dynamic young colonel commanding one of the 82d Airborne's parachute infantry regiments, James M. Gavin, who later commanded the division.
- Parachutes are used for troop insertion into areas inaccessible by other modes of transportation, or to maximise the element of surprise. Troops are airlifted