Re: How much parachute training in U.S. military?
Thomas Schoene wrote:
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No. The 82nd arrived in June 2002, well after the initial entry into
Afghanistan. (Northern Allaince troops captured Kabul in November 2001).
They simply air-landed at an already secure airfield. There was one
small-scale airborne op, a 70-man drop into northern Afghanistan, but
nothing large scale.
Sounds like sufficient air drop is needed to:
a. capture an airfield
b. capture a small island
c. build an airfield - this requires air drop of machines
d. small deployments, behind enemy lines, of special forces.
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