A soldier tests the controls on a small drone at the 173rd Airborne Brigade's drone lab. The U.S. Army’s rapid response unit in Europe is working quickly to build out its own arsenal of small, agile ...

The top enlisted soldier leading the Army's Europe-based airborne brigade was quietly fired last month following an investigation, the service said Sunday. Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was ...

WICHITA, Kan., April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), a leading provider of best-in-class unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and sensors ...

VICENZA, Italy — When Jim Matchin visits the home of his former unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, he sees memorials to fallen soldiers from World War II and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matchin, ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email PONTI SUL MINCIO, Italy — Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade recently stood shoulder to shoulder with ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A new monument honoring some of the Army’s finest paratroopers, nicknamed the sky soldiers, is now sitting at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. That monument, honoring the 173rd ...

Cockpit view of a USAF C-130 transport plane dropping U.S. Army Paratroopers over Juliet drop zone, Aviano, Italy. Units - ...

AVIANO AIRBASE, Italy -- Over 400 paratroopers from 12 NATO countries conducted simultaneous parachute assaults into Balchik and Tenevo Airfields in Bulgaria Aug. 24, 2015 led by the U.S. Army's 173rd ...

This story has been corrected. HOHENFELS, Germany − The weather wasn’t perfect, but it was good enough to parachute a howitzer and a tactical vehicle out the back of a plane. The drop at the sprawling ...

Sky Soldiers jump alongside allied paratroopers during exercise Falcon Leap 23. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez) LOS ANGELES (CN) — The 173rd Airborne Brigade Association, a nonprofit that ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade practice acquiring a target with an FIM-92 Stinger near Medulin, Croatia, April 9, 2022. (Staff Sgt. John Yountz/Army) U.S. paratroopers with the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - This week marks National Salute to Veteran Patients Week. It’s a time to honor the sacrifices of those who have served in the military. At VA Dorn Hospital in Columbia, members ...