Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paratroopers from Lower Saxony board an aircraft at Barth airfield to complete free-fall tactical training. Instances of suspected ...

The 26th Parachute Regiment is one of the German armed forces’ most elite units. Made up of around 1,700 soldiers, it has been called upon for foreign deployments and war zone evacuations in countries ...

In May 1941, Germany launched the first full-scale airborne invasion in history, attempting to seize the island of Crete entirely from the sky. Gliders and paratroopers descended onto airfields under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer looks on, as he and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visit ...

In May 1940, a handful of elite German paratroopers carried out one of the most audacious assaults in military history, landing by glider on top of Fort Eben-Emael, a fortress believed to be ...

RHINE ORDNANCE BARRACKS, Germany - The 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company along with sister U.S. units, NATO allied and partner nations gave back to the Kaiserslautern Military ...

Credit: PZL-Mielec M-28: Voytek S. LONDON—The German defense ministry is leasing a pair of PZL-Mielec M-28 twin-turboprop utility aircraft to support paratroop training. The two aircraft are being ...

German General 'Shaken' by Abuse Cases in Elite Paratroop Unit BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Germany's most senior general ‌said on Wednesday he had been ‌deeply shaken by a scandal over alleged sexual ...

BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Germany's most senior general said on Wednesday he had been deeply shaken by a scandal over alleged sexual abuse, right-wing extremism and drug use at an elite paratroop ...