173rd Airborne Brigade
Military unit
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The 173rd Airborne Brigade is an airborne infantry brigade 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. Wikipedia
Size: 3,300 paratroopers
Active: 1917–1919; 1921–1945; 1947–1951; 1963–1972; 2000–present
Nickname(s): Sky Soldiers (special designation)
Part of: United States Army Europe; United States Army Africa; U.S. Army Europe and Africa; Southern European Task Force
Role: European and African area quick response force