Airborne Brigade 空降旅

Airborne Brigade
繁/简：空降旅

经过9个多小时飞行，把1000名伞兵组成的第173空降旅运进伊拉克北部库尔德人控制区，迅速占领了伊军北部四个机场。

战略空运是现代战争的重要保障（2008年12月18日）。新浪网，取自 http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/p/2008-12-18/1011535469.html

Although the 173rd Airborne Brigade had been scheduled to return to Iraq from its base in Italy, the need for forces to counter a resurgence of militant violence in eastern Afghanistan prompted new orders for the brigade to switch immediately to preparations for mountain warfare — many of the outposts were linked only by narrow, rutted trails, and some could be reached only be helicopter — and a wholly different culture and language.

Report Cites Firefight as Lesson on Afghan War. (2009, October 2). New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/asia/03battle.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0