Rhodesian Fire Forces: World’s Most Combat Jumps & Tactics Needed in Afghanistan NOW

Who has the world’s most combat jumps? U.S. Army Airborne? Nope. Brits? Nope. Russians? Nope. Germans? Sorry, germanophiles, not even close. French? good guess; they have the 2nd most combat jumps. Want to know who has the most combat jumps so far in world history? The Rhodesians. The Rhodesians created an ingenious “Fire Force“ system during their sub-national conflict (SNC) against communist rebels and outside mercenaries. The Rhodesian FIRE FORCES have done more combat jumps than anybody else at the small-unit, tactical level of war; sometimes they would jump 3 TIMES IN A DAY! Professor . Wood’s excellent report on the Rhodesian Fire Forces (RFFs): The RFFs would have small “Killer Bees“: Alouette III scout helicopters forward deployed with fuel caches and fixed-wing Cessna Model 337 Lynxes (USAF:
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