173d Airborne Brigade Association:
SKY SOLDIERS

Airborne

The Homepage of the 173d Airborne Brigade Association is a Historical Site trying to preserve the History of the 173d Airborne Brigade which was formed in Okinawa, sent to the Republic of South Vietnam as the first American Army Unit deployed to the War Zone. We have a membership of over 5,600 former and current Skysoldiers and we hold an annual reunion. The 173d Airborne Brigade was reactivated on June 12, 2000 on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. It serves as European Command's only conventional airborne Strategic response force for the European Theater. Today's Sky Soldiers continue the distinguished service by being deployed to Bosnia, Kosovo, Hungary, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, Czech Republic, Iraq and Afghanistan.

We have established a Scholarship fund for the children and grandchildren of all those who served in the 173d Airborne.