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A US Army M36 Jackson tank from the 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 82nd Airborne near Werbomont, Belgium. 20th December, 1944

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British and French soldiers with the Airborne Combined Joint Expeditionary Force conduct airborne operations during Exercise Swift Response 17 Phase II near the Joint Multinational Readiness Center Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 9, 2017. Swift Response 17, Phase II is an annual, U.S. Army Europe-led exercise focused on allied airborne forces’ ability to quickly and effectively respond to crisis situations as an interoperable multi-national team.  The exercise takes place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 2-20, 2017 and includes more than 7,000 participants from Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. (U.S. Army Video by Spc. Craig Carter).

Two paratroopers of the 17th Airborne Division wait for takeoff on their C-46 transport plane. Operation Varsity, 23rd March 1945. Note the grease gun. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, Varsity was, at that time the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location

Soldiers from the US 17th Airborne Division hitch a ride to their next destination - Germany 1945

US airborne troops stand by for a training flight - South Coast of England 1942

Both British and American airborne troops served together in the first Airborne Task Force as this photo of men of the 509th Para Infantry Battalion shows during a moment of relaxation. Note the recognition patches on their sleeves - date and location unknown

US paratroopers undergo last minute checks before boarding their Dakota aircraft bound for southern England in preparation for the D-Day landings - June 1944