Posted: 11/2/2005 12:31:37 PM EDT
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I know that one of the uses for Airborne troops is to take important pieces of realestate, such as airports. This allows us to fly in more troops and equipment. I also remember hearing something about troops landing on the runway in Grenada and breaking their legs due to the ground (runway(?)) being too hard. They mentioned leg bones getting shoved through hip bones. Is this true? Are Airborne troops unable to actually land on a runway or other hard surface, but instead have to land near the pavement/tarmac in grass or dirt? And did this really happen in Grenada? Thanks! -K |
where you goin with this? if you mean during military operations... yeah, airborne units train to seize airfields and airports all the time. look up the words "75th ranger regiment" and "kandahar airport" at the same time. see what turns up. if you mean "can civilians jump into airports?" that all depends on whether or not they have permission too. You can parachute onto or into just about anything with permission, sometimes that takes actually paying someone to let you to do it. BASE jumpers call these bribes, the movie industry calls these business expenses. You are free to read into that last part. oh yeah, civilians aren't Airborne... they're skydivers. Take this to one of the AR15.com military forums. tweeter |