Paratrooper

A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World War II for troop distribution and transportation. Paratroopers are often used in surprise attacks, to seize strategic objectives such as airfields or bridges.

Not to be confused with Paramilitary.
For other uses, see Paratrooper (disambiguation).
Paratroopers of the armies of Britain, Italy and the United States during an exercise in Pordenone, Italy, 2019
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