In this phase, the XVIII Airborne Corps shed its peacetime command responsibilities for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) -- a relationship that began prior to the 1944 invasion of Holland ...

Operation Neptune’s Spear explained. Published on: May 6, 2011 at 4:46 PM. ... (Airborne Early Warning – air space management) for the entire operation and DCA (Defensive Counter Air): ...

Airborne and air assault operations are types of entry operations that use a vertical envelopment to insert a force into an area of operations (AO). An enemy may or may not be in a position to oppose ...

As the division continues to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the All American Legacy Podcast will take its first look at D-Day and the assault known as Operation Neptune in an episode entitled ...

D-Day began the assault phase (codenamed Operation Neptune) of the wider Allied invasion of northwest Europe led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, known as Operation Overlord.

On September 17, 1944, the First Allied Airborne Army launched Operation Market-Garden, an airborne assault deep into Holland. This mission was later immortalized in the book and movie A Bridge ...