noun
paratrooper
Military term for a soldier trained to parachute into operations.
空挺隊員が輸送機から次々と降下した。
Paratroopers jumped from the transport plane one after another.
Also means paratrooper, but 空挺隊員 is more common in modern usage.
Compound of 空挺 (airborne) and 隊員 (member of a corps).