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Fairchild C82 'Packet' and C119 'Boxcar' aircraft
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This aircraft first flew in 1944 as the C82 Packet. Designed for cargo, a few were used for parachute drops and glider tugs. Only around 200 were produced because of design limi
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Falklands (Operation Corporate)
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On 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded Port Stanley – the capital of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. With only about 80 marines for defence, the Islands and South Georgia were quickly overrun. A British Task Force was rapidly assembled to retake the Islands, with its Land Element centred on 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.
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Falklands Victoria Crosses
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Two posthumous awards of the Victoria Cross were made to Parachute Regiment soldiers after the Falkland Islands' conflict.
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Far East
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Shortly after VE Day 5th Parachute Brigade (including 7th, 12th, 13th Battalions and 22 Indep Company The Parachute Regiment) was alerted for operations in the Far East and arrived in India in August 1945, shortly after the Japanese surrender.
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Ferret Scout Armoured Vehicle
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The Ferret armoured car, was a scout car built for reconnaissance and liaison purposes,
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Firmin (formerly Wilkinson) Sword of Peace
by ParaData EditorThe Firmin Sword of Peace was first instituted as the Wilkinson Sword of Peace in 1966 and is awarded each year to the unit of the UK's armed services judged to have made the most valuable contribu
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Formation and Early Airborne Forces
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On 22 June 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote to the British Chief of Staff directing the setting up of a Corps of at least 5,000 parachute troops.
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Formation of 16 Air Assault Brigade
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16 Air-Assault Brigade was formed on 1 September 1999, through an amalgamation of 5 Airborne Brigade and 24 Air-Mobile Brigade.
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Formation of 5 Airborne Brigade
by Paradata EditorOn the 14th November 1983, 5 Infantry Brigade was re-designated 5th Airborne Brigade, re-introducing an airborne formation once again into the British Army’s order of battle.
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Formation of Airborne Forces
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Mr Churchill’s call acted as a spur to the current tentative plans and an experimental and training centre known as the Central Landing School RAF (later the Central Landing Establishment RAF
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Fort Walsh
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1 PARA under command of Lt Col Michael Walsh completed an operational tour in Aden in 1967 to cover the British withdrawal and hand-over of the Colony.
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France and Germany Star
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French Airborne Forces
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The first French paratrooper was an Air Force Captain who was trained as an airborne instructor in Russia in 1935. Two airborne companies were activated by the French air Force in 1937.
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