Re: Dropships vs. Dropcaps

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> When exactly was the last major parachute operation? and why?

Depends what you mean by "Major".

Candidates:
Anglo-French at Suez, 1956 (Multi-Divisional in a Hot War)
Belgians in the Congo, 60's (Battalion in a Hot War)
Warsaw Pact in Czechoslovakia, 1967 (Multi-Divisional, no hostile fire)

Turkey in Cyprus?
Indonesia in East Timor, 1972 (Battalion, some resistance)
Russia in Afghanistan 1980 (Regimental, no hostile fire)

Grenada maybe?