First Combat Jump of GW2?

[yellowking]

SkyNews had video of an HQ briefing showing a combat drop to take an airfield. I guess the 82nd and 101st are starting to get some face time.

[cut]

wrong, it was supplies being dropped for ground troops

[joeymartin]

Sorry Cut, you're wrong. That was definetely troops being dropped in a unknown location as reported by CNN.

[yellowking]

SkyNews stated it was US troops (I didn't see the actual briefing though).

[cut]

hmm maybe it's different footage then, because I remember them saying it was supplies and it seems strange to have jumps in an area which is totally safe, surely it's safer using a helo and not worth the risk of injuring a trooper in a jump. I suppose could have been a practise.

SkyNews always get news first, but it means that they often get it wrong.
they said a airman was definately down and captured in baghdad, which was just a rumour.

[cut]

Sorry Cut, you're wrong. That was definetely troops being dropped in a unknown location as reported by CNN.

yeah I seen that footage now..

[virtualpender]

A brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade are both being moved into northern Iraq. Rangers and SF ODA's have also conducted drops in western Iraq.

[Nelson]

There was an airdrop and they did capture an airfield. The 173rd Airborne Brigade executed it. Over 1000 troops used.

[SHOOTERB]

THE 101ST DOES NOT JUMP. THEY ARE AN AIR ASSAULT UNIT ONLY.

[Nelson]

Who said anything about the 101?

[TacoDelRio]

It was supposedly the 173rd, who also had a low level jump in VietNam in the mid 1960's, I can't remember exactly when.

Airborne all the way!

Hooah! p-)

[Apogee]

the way i heard it was that 1000 paratroopers from the 173nd in Italy jumped in and secured the airfield. They then started flying in heavy equipment and more troops with the C-17's and -130's.