摘要:民國52年2月24日~2月26日，「天兵三號」空降作戰演習，中美兩國英勇傘兵聯合舉行，天兵飛降聲勢奪人。中美兩國空降部隊在台灣南部地區空降，為數約2500名傘兵健兒展開聯合空降訓練之演習。野戰訓練演習，係由美軍台灣協防司令部參謀長蘇特林將軍擔任全盤督導；國防部參謀總長彭孟緝、副總長賴名湯、空軍總司令陳嘉尚、陸軍總司令劉安祺、海軍總司令黎玉璽等高級軍事首長，均應美軍台灣協防司令梅爾遜將軍之邀，搭乘梅爾遜司令座機到南部參觀演習第一階段的實況。1千5百多名天兵飛翔天際，戰鬥人員和重裝備空降，氣勢宏偉；兩國空降部隊組成的盟軍，向目標統制線地區以雷霆萬夠的強烈攻勢推進，雖然曾遭到「敵人」的頑抗，但在盟軍猛烈砲火攻擊下，敵方已潰退。
美軍第173空降旅
On March 26, 1963, the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) was assigned to the regular army and activated on Okinawa. Brigadier General Ellis W. Williamson took command of the unit,[14] which was chartered to serve as the quick reaction force for the Pacific Command.[1] Under Williamson, the unit trained extensively, making mass parachute jumps. They earned the nickname Tien Bien, or Sky Soldiers, from the Taiwanese paratroopers.[1][14] During their time in Okinawa, they prided themselves as the "toughest fighting men in Okinawa, if not the entire US Armed Forces".[14] They took their theme song from the television series Rawhide.[14] As the Pacific quick-reaction force, they were the first brigade to be sent to Vietnam two years later when hostilities escalated there.[15]
The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is an airborne infantry combat team of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe.
Since its reactivation in 2000, the brigade has served three tours of the Middle East. The 173rd participated in the initial invasion of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, and two tours in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; one from 2005 to 2006, and another deployment that began in 2007 and ended in mid 2008. The brigade returned from duty in eastern Afghanistan in July of 2008.
A decorated unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team has received 20 campaing streamers and several unit awards, including the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions during the Battle of Dak To during the Vietnam War.
173rd Soldiers conduct air assault training in Germany (2007) 美軍第173空降旅
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