Pasukan terjun payung adalah pasukan yang dilatih untuk terjun payung dalam operasi dan biasanya berfungsi sebagai bagian dari pasukan lintas udara. Pasukan terjun payung militer dan terjun payung mula-mula dipakai dalam skala besar pada Perang Dunia II untuk penyebaran dan transportasi pasukan. Pasukan terjun payung sering dipakai dalam serangan kejut, untuk merebut tempat-tempat strategis seperti landasan udara atau jembatan.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Paratroopers.
- Argentine Paratroopers – Historical Equipment etc
- Peruvian Paratroopers in 1941 War between Peru and Ecuador – translated from Spanish to English
- Pathfinder Parachute Group, an international organization based in Europe, composed of active and retired paratroopers, participates in WW2 reenactment events as well as joint military jumps with foreign nations
- The European Military- Parachuting Association (EMFV/EMPA/AEPM) is the first instance for active Military Parachuting in Europe.
- The Airborne Engineers Association is a military association, which is a registered charity and is made up of serving and ex members of Airborne units of the British Corps of Royal Engineers.
- ArmyParatrooper.org
- The Belgian Special Forces Group
- U.S. Navy Parachute Team ("Leapfrogs")
- How Armies Hit The Silk - J. Peck Popular Science, June 1945 Diarsipkan 2012-10-06 di Wayback Machine.
