Paratroopers with 82nd Airborne fly non-stop to jump into Estonia tonight 10 hours ago U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, jump into Lithuania as part of Swift Response 2018. This year s Swift Response exercise will be massive. (Army) A large contingent of U.S. paratroopers is expected to jump into Estonia tonight after a long flight from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that includes mid-air refueling. The jump is one of three brigade-size jumps over the next several days in which a total of 7,000 paratroopers from the United States and 10 other nations will conduct a joint forcible entry exercise at each of the landing sites in Estonia, Bulgaria and Romania.