The 1st Airborne Task Force was a short-lived Allied airborne unit that was active during World War II created for Operation Dragoon–the invasion of Southern...

Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The formation was part of the Allied Expeditionary Force and controlled all Allied airborne forces in Western...

In May 1967 the 1st Brigade operated as part of Task Force Oregon. Within the United States, the 101st, along with the 82nd Airborne Division, was sent...

Commander of Joint Task Force South. At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the corps consisted of the following formations and units: XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort...

82nd Airborne Division and the British 1st Airborne Division in support of the Allied invasion of Sicily, code-named Operation Husky. The 11th Airborne Division...

Journal "Army" April 2001 pp. 38–39 82nd Airborne After Action Report Ellis, John (1990). Brute force: allied strategy and tactics in the Second World...

A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity. Originally introduced by the United States Navy, the...

The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 during...

to the United States Fifth Army. In August 1944, the Force was attached to 1st Airborne Task Force (commanded by then Major General Frederic) for the campaign...

the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's brigade" by the Germans, and the 1st Allied Airborne Task Force an ad hoc division-sized airborne formation...

Operations Task Force – Arabian Peninsula. The 5th SFG (A) traces its lineage to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a combined...

The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between...

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF; /ˈʃeɪf/ SHAYF) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in northwest Europe, from...

a task force name, though often the name of the commander is used (e.g. Task Force Faith; Task Force Smith was named for the commander of the 1st Battalion...

Battalion Ground and naval commanders for Eastern Task Force Rear Admiral Sir Harold Burrough, RN Allied Landing Forces Major General Charles W. Ryder, USA...

second of two airborne divisions raised by the British Army during the war, the other being the 1st Airborne Division. The 6th Airborne Division was formed...

Air Mobile Brigade The Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) is divided into two types. The first is the airborne force responsible for the 31st Infantry Regiment...

bridges ("Garden"). The airborne operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by the British Second Army, with XXX Corps...

active battalions: the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (1-506th IR) is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and the 2nd...

Southern France, with a dawn assault. Called the "1st Airborne Task Force", the force was composed of the 1st Special Services Forces, British 2nd Independent...

amphibious landings, airborne troops were to be flown in to support both the Western and Eastern Task Forces. To the east, the British 1st Airborne Division, commanded...

British Eighth Army) and followed the successful Allied invasion of Sicily. The main invasion force landed on the west coast of Italy at Salerno on 9...

Task Force Hawk was a U.S. military unit constructed and deployed by General Wesley Clark to provide additional support to NATO's Operation Allied Force...

Special Service Force, an all-arms light brigade group, tasked with the rapid reinforcement of NATO forces in Norway or Denmark. Its airborne artillery and...

Based on a deployable Joint Task Force HQ. Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF): High-readiness "spearhead force" that can deploy wherever needed...

The Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (AMF) was a small NATO quick reaction force, headquartered at Heidelberg, Germany, active from 1960 to 2002. It...

Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's XVIII Airborne Corps, a part of Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's First Allied Airborne Army. It was not chosen to participate...

Online reported U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Strike, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), took charge of...

France, it came under the command of the First Allied Airborne Army, which controlled all Allied airborne formations. The division, along with two others...

Mesnail to widen the airborne bridgehead formed by the division. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was allotted, as its primary task, the demolition of...