If you lose em, the money flow stops. This structure can repair any of your damaged vehicles free of charge. Even better, once captured, an outpost obtains a small gun that it uses to defend itself against minor threats. The Tech Outpost also has an anti-air defense. When captured, this building creates groups of Paratroopers that can be deployed anywhere on the map.
Allied planes drop a group of six GIs, while Soviet planes drop nine Conscripts.
In both cases, these units are essentially free, and become available every few minutes. There's no limit to the number of Paratroopers you can create throughout the course of the mission. In mulitplayer, if an American Player captures a Tech Airport, he gets a second group of paratroopers. Although you can deploy Paratroopers anywhere, it pays to use some caution. If a transport plane carrying Paratroopers is shot down before ejecting the troops inside, you lose the troops along with the plane.