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Yep, the Parachute Regiment aquired the nickname during the Africa campaign, where soldiers often had their uniform stained red by clay in the soil, combined with thier ferocity during attacks and maroon berets. The group I was refering to however, is the Para display team, who are freefall parachutists that do displays for air shows 'n stuff.
And something just occured to me. The Atmospheric Fighters and Bombers would make a nice addition to Carriers... Give carriers a relitively high cargo hold for it's class, say maybe 600-700 and make the fighter/bombers take between 80-150 cargo. That being so fighters couldn't carry them (although some bobmers would be able to on the lower bracket).
EDIT: And yah, for those wondering, I have family in the Regiment:)