When is National Airborne Day?

Wednesday August 16th

On August 16th, the military's airborne divisions of the Armed Forces were commemorated on National Airborne Day.

National Airborne Day | August 16

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The date of the first official Army parachute jump at Ft. is August 16, 1940. Benning, Georgia, Benning, Georgia. By parachute, the effective jump demonstrated the revolutionary idea of inserting ground combat forces from the United States behind a battle line. These sky soldiers are some of the United States Army's most highly regarded and expertly prepared troops.

Two airborne divisions currently operate in the US Army's current airborne divisions. Ft.'s 82nd Airborne Division is the 82nd Airborne Division. Bragg, North Carolina, the state's infantry division, was established as an infantry division. The 82nd Division was activated at Camp Gordon on August 25, 1917, during World War I. They were given the name All American for the design of their division in 1918. Since the soldiers came not from all around the country, but many were immigrants as well. As few other divisions did at the time, the 82nd Division represented all of America as few other divisions did at the time.

The second and still active airborne division had a short-lived existence at the start. The 101st Airborne Division organized for a short time during World War I on November 2, 1918, during World War I. However, the war came soon after, but it was over shortly after. The Screaming Eagles re-activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, on August 16, 1942, during World War II. They now live in Ft. They currently live in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, Campbell, Kentucky.