272K views · 6.4K reactions | On June 6, 1944, forever on known as...

168K views · 3.9K reactions | National Airborne Day The first official Army parachute jump was on August 16, 1940. This validated the insertion of U.S. ground forces behind enemy lines. In 2001, President George W. Bush designated August 16 as National Airborne Day. All Americans, may you always have fair winds and soft landings! #NationalAirborneDay #AATW #ThrowbackThursday | 82nd Airborne Division | Facebook

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division conduct static line jumps from a C-17 during exercise Red Devil Mass Tac at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. AiirSource Military covers events and missions from the United States Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Visit our channel for more military videos: http://www.youtube.com/AiirSource | AiirSource Military

British Paratroopers from The Parachute Regiment make the longest flight to jump ever as they parachute into Poland alongside the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and Polish troops from 6 Brygada Powietrznodesantowa on Ex Swift Response. Read more: http://bit.ly/1VLEwoM | British Army

WATCH! Paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division jump from an Air Force C-130 during Large Package Week! (Footage courtesy of 1st Combat Camera Squadron) | 82nd Airborne Division

Stills from actual combat footage became some of the most iconic pictures of US paratroopers in Normandy, June 1944. Shown here are members of the 82nd Airborne Division. #paratrooper #82ndairborne #DDay80 #DDay #infantry #airborne | The History of the 82nd Airborne in World War II

120K views · 436 shares | We are closing the week out with some night-vision footage of our 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division #Paratroopers seizing Holland Drop Zone and clearing a building during Exercise Panther Storm! | 82nd Airborne Division | Facebook