paratroops

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The 82nd Airborne Division's brigade -- put on alert Friday -- will be deploying to Kuwait and a battalion of some 750 paratroops were deployed this week.

From Fox News

It also showcased the technology and might of Pakistan’s modern arsenal — tanks, artillery, drones, a Shaheen ballistic missile on a massive truck and commando paratroops sailing soundlessly down from the sky.

From Washington Post

Promogaibo had earlier fought in the Chechen war with an elite Russian paratroops unit, according to Marobyan, who was his classmate at school.

From Reuters

Defense plans, the Commission concludes, must assume a landing by at least a few battalions of suicide paratroops, with more damage resulting.

From US News

The battle for the airport started on May 26 when a force of Ukraine's paratroops stormed the premises reportedly killing dozens of Russian mercenaries from Chechnya.

From Los Angeles Times