History of Military Operational Parachute Jumps

[JMA]

Jon,

Good catch.

Fascinating to see drops by the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies (never heard of those), the Italian raiding groups (I knew of mini-subs), the NKVD drops in France - presumably assisted by the RAF, that is really odd (although somewhere I have an INS article on wider co-operation) and the German Brandenburg raid in Iraq in 1944.

Sent onwards to a collector of SF insertions, in case not aware.

Rhodesian military operational jumps woefully under recorded. Will have to initiate a project to rectify that by supplying the info.

[omarali50]

per @pavocavalry, Pakistani commandos also paradropped in three places in Balochistan in 1973 (counter-insurgency operation): Maiwand , Kahan and Kolhu

also, per @shahidsaeed there was a huge paradrop during operation Rah e Rast in 2009 in Swat, Pakistan (anti-Taliban operation). I am not sure about this one personally. Sounds exaggerated to me.

Still, both of these people are hugely knowledgeable about Pakistani military history. Worth looking into and adding.