The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is like no other division in the world. The heirs to the glorious traditions of the "screaming eagles" who jumped over Normandy and in operation Market Garden in 1944, the present day division took its new designation in 1974. After hard years of combat in Vietnam the former paratroopers took over and developed the role played most prominently in that war by the "air cav". The division has some 360 of its own helicopters permanently assigned including UH-60s, CH-47s, AH-Is, AH-64s, OH-58s and UH-Is. This photo-essay describes and illustrates the division's organization, individual units, missions, techniques, training and operations and its equipment, from helicopters and airtransportable artillery to individual trooper's uniform and kit.
- ISBN10 1872004539
- ISBN13 9781872004532
- Publish Date 31 May 1998
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 5 September 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English