The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that UK airborne parachute capability will be retained but concentrated into specialist units and a single battalion group, following recommendations in the ...

Parts of the Parachute Regiment are set to be stripped of routine parachute training under plans to narrow the Army’s airborne capability.

The Ministry of Defence has denied claims that the UK is planning to reduce airborne capability or cut pay for paratroopers, following reporting parachute forces may move to a smaller specialist ...

The Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), 4th Battalion have officially taken over from B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) as the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) ...

Prince Charles visited Merville Barracks to present new Colours to the British Army's Parachute Regiment It's been nearly 50 years since Prince Charles' first parachute drop — but it's a hard one to ...

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them ...

The 'Khanjar' exercise between India's Parachute Regiment and Kyrgyzstan's ILBRIS Special Forces Brigade in Assam focuses on counter-terrorism and advanced skills. It aims to bolster defense ties, ...

Defence cost-cutting measures could see Britain's elite Parachute Regiment being stripped of its parachutes in favour of more affordable means of deployment. The legendary unit, renowned for heroic ...