Tagged: History of Airborne
National Airborne Day
August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute.
On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation:
The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the… Read more
National Airborne Day
National Airborne Day
August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute.
On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation:
The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the… Read more
National Airborne Day
National Airborne Day
August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute.
On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation:
The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the… Read more
National Airborne Day – August 16th, 2017
August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute.
On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation:
The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the idea of parachuting… Read more
National Airborne Day August 16th, 2016
August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute.
On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation:
The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the idea of parachuting… Read more
August 16th, 2013 is National Airborne Day
On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation:
The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the idea of parachuting troops into combat. Eventually, under the leadership of Major William Lee at Fort Benning, Georgia, members of the Parachute Test Platoon pioneered methods of combat jumping in 1940. In… Read more