Airborne forces
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- Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop or air assault. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in airborne units are also known as paratroopers.
The main advantage of airborne forces is their ability to be deployed into combat zones without land passage, as long as the airspace is accessible. Formations of airborne forces are limited only by the number and size of their transport aircraft; a sizeable force can appear "out of the sky" behind enemy lines in merely hours if not minutes, an action known as vertical envelopment.
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Taktisches Transportflugzeug Transall C 160D (Flugzeugkennung der Bundeswehr: 50+56)
Kein anderes Flugzeug war so...
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Image: Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr - Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow - CC BY-NC-SA -
Transportflugzeug Douglas C-47B 20DK "Dakota" -DC-3- (Flugzeugkennung der Royal Australian Airforce A65-69)
Die C-47 ist die militärische...
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Image: Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr - Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow - CC BY-NC-SA
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