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The Airborne Troops (Airborne Forces) are a kind of armed forces force intended to cover the enemy by air and carry out tasks in its rear to disrupt command and control, capture and destroy ground elements of precision weapons, disrupt the deployment and deployment of reserves, disrupt the work of the rear and communications,as well as covering (defending) certain directions, areas, open flanks, blocking and destroying landed airborne assault forces, enemy groupings that have broken through and other tasks.Airborne forces are also often used as rapid reaction forces.The main method of airborne delivery is landing as a parachute,and landing method. Also units can be delivered by helicopters; during the Second World War, shipping on gliders was practiced.In different countries, airborne troops are called in different ways: air infantry, winged infantry, rapid reaction forces (troops), airborne troops, highly mobile landing troops,Commandos (British commandos) and others.They consist of a central body of military command (control, headquarters), formations, units, subunits and institutions (for example, in Russia: the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School).In peacetime,landing forces perform the basic tasks of maintaining combat and mobilization readiness at a level that ensures their successful use for the intended purpose.