paratroops

paratroops
    n 1: infantry trained and equipped to parachute
    

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "paratroops":
      Gurkhas, SS, Special Forces, Waffen-SS, armed force, armed service,
      army, array, career soldiers, elite corps, elite troops,
      fighting machine, forces, ground forces, ground troops, guardsmen,
      host, legions, marines, military establishment, occupation force,
      rank and file, ranks, regular army, regulars, shock troops,
      ski troops, soldiery, special troops, standing army, storm troops,
      the line, the military, troops