paratroops

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Two IDF divisions and various units, such as combat engineers, paratroops, infantry brigades and tanks, are all operating in Gaza.

From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2023

The government poured more than 3,000 troops into the effort, including paratroops and special forces soldiers, according to Sandoval.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

Within a day, Ukrainians had wiped out the elite Russian paratroops and destroyed the landing strip.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2022

About 800 French soldiers, including hundreds of paratroops, took part in an operation that saw Timbuktu recaptured in January, part of an offensive to oust Islamist rebels from the north of the country.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2013

At the airport across the Chattahoochee River in Alabama, five battalions of paratroops were waiting assignment.

From Earth Alert! by Neville, Kris