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Published: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000

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National Airborne Day honors the nation’s airborne forces. In 2001, the Senate passed a resolution making August 16 National Airborne Day, and called on the President to issue a proclamation. On August 14, 2002, George W. Bush issued a proclamation, and other resolutions and proclamations for the day have been made in subsequent years. This day was chosen because the first official parachute jump of the Army took place on it in 1940, which made it possible for troops to be dropped behind enemy lines. In July of 1940, the Army Parachute Test Platoon, which included forty-eight volunteers, began training, and in about a month’s time they were successful. America’s first combat jump took place in November 1942, when parachuters lept behind enemy lines in North Africa.

National Airborne Day is being observed today! It has been observed annually on August 16th since 2001.