paratrooper

In 2010, the report by Lord Saville said that on balance, the paratroopers had fired first and that none of the victims had posed any threat.

That 12-year public inquiry, the largest investigation in UK legal history, concluded in 2010 that British paratroopers had lost control and that none of the victims had posed a threat.

Military sources say paratroopers can be trained in a matter of days, rather than years, unlike pilots needed to drive a conventional aircraft.

Royal Air Force paratroopers drew a grand applause after a coordinated display of parachute work that saw them float down to the shores.

Mr Quinn recounted attending the civil rights' march, he said he was a bit "apprehensive" because paratroopers were on the streets.