Editing Paratrooper (section)

=== Australia ===
{{main|Airborne forces of Australia}}
Airborne forces raised by Australia have included a small number of conventional and special forces units. During the Second World War the [[Australian Army]] formed the [[1st Parachute Battalion (Australia)|1st Parachute Battalion]]; however, it did not see action. In the post-war period Australia's parachute capability was primarily maintained by special forces units. In the 1970s and 1980s a parachute infantry capability was revived, while a Parachute Battalion Group based on the [[3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]] (3 RAR) was established in 1983.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dennis|first1=Peter|last2=Grey|first2=Jeffrey|last3=Morris|first3=Ewan|last4=Prior|first4=Robin|last5=Bou|first5=Jean|title=The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Melbourne, Victoria|year=2008|edition=Second|isbn= 978-0-19-551784-2|page=410}}
</ref> However, following a reorganisation 3 RAR relinquished the parachute role in 2011, and this capability is now maintained by units of [[Special Operations Command (Australia)|Special Operations Command]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1268/1268.pdf|title=Transfer of parachute capability announced|newspaper=Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper|edition=1268|date=29 September 2011|publisher=Department of Defence|location=Canberra|page=3|issn=0729-5685}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Scanlan |first=Paul |title=Is Parachute Capability Still Relevant to Modern Expeditionary Operations |journal=Australian Army Journal |date=2012 |volume=IX |issue=3 |pages=37–54 |url=https://www.army.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1846/f/aaj_2012_3.pdf |publisher=Land Warfare Studies Centre |location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |issn=1448-2843 |access-date=2017-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415101751/https://www.army.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1846/f/aaj_2012_3.pdf |archive-date=2019-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>