Is the airborne concept outdated?

I believe the rangers completed a combat jump when the country of Turkey wouldn't allow our troops to use their country to come into Iraq from the North. Rangers were used as a blocking force against Saddam's troops fleeing the south

I meant not outdated.

Yes, mullah Omar's compound.

Absolutely not....

Until they build helicopters that can carry a hundred men 5000 miles and land them in an area with no runways or any close coast line the question self answers. But as I understand it, our sole Airborne division is nowhere near totally airborne anymore. I believe the division commander if not on jump status should at least be jump qualified. Battalion commanders and below should be on jump status. No, they may not go in the initial jump, but maybe the next day or so. Battalion and brigade staffs should be able to jump in on D-day plus two or three. Yes cooks and supply as well.

Yes, I got lazy and didn't read all of the comments, but did everyone forget about rangers jumping in to Kandahar in Oct 2001?

You absolutely need it in the playbook

The mass airborne attack is probably outdated as your too easy a target, but can still see a place for night time infiltration modalities or individual soldiers using individual flying tech

Absolutely not! I was airborne and am still proud of it today. It may be that airborne units could possibly be downsized a bit, as they actually may not be as much mainstream as in the past. This would allow for only the best to be chosen to serve in an airborne capacity. We had some shitheads when I was in also, complained constantly. But, there will always be a place for airborne units.

I think you are referring to deployments you don't know about Navy