Paratrooper forces around the world
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The following is a list, albeit incomplete, of paratrooper
Paratrooper
Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land...

 forces from around the world.

Argentina

  • Argentine Army
    Argentine Army
    The Argentine Army is the land armed force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of the country.- History :...

    • 4th Parachute Brigade (Brigada Paracaidista IV)

Australia

  • Australian Army
    Australian Army
    The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...

    • 3rd Brigade
      • 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
        3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
        3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment is a parachute infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Sydney. 3 RAR was initially formed in 1945 as the 67th Battalion and has seen active service in Japan, Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan and Iraq...

      • A Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
        A Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
        A' Field Battery is an airborne artillery battery of the Australian Army. The unit has been in existence since 1871, having originally been raised as part of the New South Wales colonial defence force...


Austria

  • Austrian Federal Armed Forces
    • 7th Infantry Brigade
      • Jägerbataillon 25

Belgium

  • Belgian Land Component
    • Light Brigade
      • 2nd Commando Battalion
      • 3rd Paratroop Battalion

Bulgaria

  • Bulgarian Army
    • 68th Special Forces Brigade
      68th Special Forces Brigade (Bulgaria)
      The 68th Special Forces Brigade is a special operations formation of the Bulgarian Land Forces. The 68th SF Brigade is also Bulgaria's principal paratrooper unit and includes the 101st Alpine Battalion, which has participated in all conflicts involving Bulgaria.It was established in 1942 under the...

       (68 Бригада Специални Сили)

Canada

  • Canadian Army
    • A Company 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
      Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
      Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of the three regular force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a primary reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers...

    • M Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment
      The Royal Canadian Regiment
      The Royal Canadian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment consists of four battalions, three in the Regular Force and one in the Primary Reserve...

    • A Company 3rd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment
      Royal 22e Régiment
      The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...

    • Para Company The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a militia regiment within the Canadian Forces, based in Toronto, Ontario. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. It is the only Primary Reserve regiment in Canada to have a parachute role. The regiment consists of the reserve...

    • E Troop, E Battery, 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

Chile

  • Chilean Army
    Chilean Army
    The Chilean Army is the land arm of the Military of Chile. This 45,000-person army is organized into seven divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade....

    • 1st Parachute Battalion "Pelantaru" (1o Batallón de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru")

China

  • People's Liberation Army
    People's Liberation Army
    The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...

  • 15th Airborne Corps Wuhan
    • Airborne Special Operation Team
      • 43 Airborne Division, Keifeng
        • 127, 128, 129 Para regt and one light arty regt
      • 44 Airborne Division, Yingshan
        • 130, 131, 132 Para regt and one light arty regt
      • 45 Airborne Division, Huangpi
        • 133, 134, 135 Para regt and one light arty regt
    • Airborne Training Division

Czech Republic

  • Czech Army
    Military of the Czech Republic
    The Army of the Czech Republic comprise the land forces, the Czech Air Force and support units. From the late 1940s to 1989, the extensive Czechoslovak Armed Forces formed one of the pillars of the Warsaw Pact military alliance...

    • 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade
      • 43rd Airborne Battalion in Chrudim
        Chrudim
        Chrudim is a city in eastern Bohemia, in the Pardubice region of the Czech Republic.The oldest archaeological findings which provide first signs of the settlement in this area date back to the 5th millennium BC. Various cultures succeeded one on another in the territory of today’s town of Chrudim...


France

  • French Army
    French Army
    The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...

    • 11e Brigade Parachutiste
      11th Parachute Brigade
      The 11th Parachute Brigade is an airborne unit. It contains most of the parachute units in the French army.The brigade numbers around 8,500 personnel and includes eight regiments. It is under command of a général de brigade...

      (11e BP)

Germany

See article Fallschirmjager
Fallschirmjäger
are German paratroopers. Together with the Gebirgsjäger they are perceived as the elite infantry units of the German Army....

  • German Federal Army
    • Special Operations Division
      • Airborne Brigade 26
      • Airborne Brigade 31

Greece

  • Hellenic Army
    Hellenic Army
    The Hellenic Army , formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece.The motto of the Hellenic Army is , "Freedom Stems from Valor", from Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War...

    • 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ), based at Rentina
      Rentina
      Rentina may refer to:*Rentina, Thessaloniki, a municipality in the Thessaloniki prefecture, Greece*Rentina, Karditsa, a municipality in the Karditsa prefecture, Greece...

      , Macedonia
      Macedonia (Greece)
      Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...

    • [2sec Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (Greece) 2 MAL/LOK, Based in Athens (special forces, Commando airborne) the original S.A.S.]]
    • 71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade (71η Α/M ΤΑΞ), based at Nea Santa
      Nea Santa
      Nea Santa , known under the Slavic name Volovot until 1926, is a small town in Kilkis Prefecture, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It has a population of 1538 . Nea Santa is south of the city of Kilkis in the Kilkis municipality...

      , Macedonia
      Macedonia (Greece)
      Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...


India

  • Indian Army
    Indian Army
    The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

    • Parachute Regiment (India)
      Parachute Regiment (India)
      -History:The first Indian airborne formation was the 50 Independent Parachute Brigade raised on 29 October 1941 with 151 British, 152 Indian, and 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalions and other support units....

       (Ten regular and two territorial parachute battalions

Indonesia

  • Indonesian Armed Forces
    • Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 17/Kujang I Brigif Linud 17; 17th Airborne Infantry Brigade
    • Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 18/Trisula Brigif Linud 18; 18th Airborne Infantry Brigade
    • Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 3/Tri Budhi SaktiBrigif Linud 3; 3rd Airborne Infantry Brigade

Italy

Italian paratroopers are called Paracadutisti
Paracadutisti
-History:The first units of Italian parachutists were trained and formed shortly before the Second World War in Castel Benito, near Tripoli, where the first Military Parachute School was located....

  • Regio Esercito - Royal Army (Historical)
    • 80 Infantry Division La Spezia (Airlanding)
      80 Infantry Division La Spezia (Airlanding)
      80 Infantry Division La Spezia was an Airlanding Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The La Spezia was formed in 1941, for the planned Invasion of Malta. When the invasion was cancelled the Division was instead was transferred to Libya in October 1942...

       - trained and equipped similar to the German Airlanding divisions.
    • 183rd Ciclone Parachute Division - Disbanded while forming at the Italian 1943 Surrender.
    • 184th Nembo Parachute Division - Destroyed at Anzio
      Anzio
      Anzio is a city and comune on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about south of Rome.Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola and Ventotene...

       and remnants formed the German 4th Parachute Division.
    • 185th Folgore Parachute Division - Raised for the Invasion of Malta
      Malta
      Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

       but was instead deployed to and later destroyed in North Africa. In its final form it was the 185th Folgore Parachute Battalion.
  • Italian Army
    Italian Army
    The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...

    • Folgore Parachute Brigade
      Folgore Parachute Brigade
      The Folgore Parachute Brigade is the largest unit of paratroopers of the Italian Army; a second smaller unit is the 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment. The name Folgore is Italian for lightning....

    • 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment
  • Carabinieri
    Carabinieri
    The Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...

    • 1st Carabinieri Parachute Regiment

Japan

  • Imperial Japanese Army
    Imperial Japanese Army
    -Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

    • Raiders
      Teishin Shudan
      was a Japanese special forces/airborne unit during World War II. The unit was a division-level force, and was part of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force...

  • Imperial Japanese Navy
    Imperial Japanese Navy
    The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

    • Special Naval Landing Force paratroops
      Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II
      The Imperial Japanese Navy fielded naval paratroopers during World War II. The troops were officially part of the Special Naval Landing Forces . They came from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Yokosuka SNLFs. The 2nd Yokosuka took no part in any airborne operations and became an island defensive base unit...

  • Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
    Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
    The , or JGSDF, is the army of Japan. The largest of the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Ground Self-Defense Force operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Tokyo. The present chief of ground staff is General Yoshifumi Hibako...

    • 1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)
      1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)
      The , also known as the Narashino Airborne Brigade , is stationed in the Narashino Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces Base in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. It is part of the Eastern Army in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force...


Portugal

Portuguese Army
Portuguese Army
The Portuguese Army is the ground branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in co-operation with other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the defence of Portugal...

  • Paratrooper Battalions
    Parachute Troops School
    The ETP - Escola de Tropas Páraquedistas , based in Tancos, Portugal, is a unit of the Portuguese Army and serves as the instruction center for recruitment and training of the Portuguese paratroopers...

     of the Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade
    Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade
    The Brigada de Reacção Rápida , is a unit of the Portuguese Army which was known as BAI - Brigada Aerotransportada Independente until 2006...

    .

Rhodesia

  • Rhodesian Security Forces (disbanded 1980)
    • Rhodesian African Rifles
      Rhodesian African Rifles
      The Rhodesian African Rifles, or RAR, was the oldest regiment in the Rhodesian Army, dating from the formation of the 1st Rhodesian Native Regiment in 1916 during the First World War. This was followed by the creation of the Matabeleland Native Regiment, and the 2nd Rhodesian Native Regiment,...

       (from 1977)
    • Rhodesian Light Infantry
      Rhodesian Light Infantry
      The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry , was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland...

       (from 1977)
    • Rhodesian Special Air Service

Russia

  • Russian armed forces
    Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are the military services of Russia, established after the break-up of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin signed a decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the RSFSR...

    • Russian Airborne Troops

South Africa

  • South African Army
    South African Army
    The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies...

    • 44 Parachute Regiment
      South African 44 Parachute Regiment
      44 Parachute Regiment is the South African Army's chief airborne infantry unit. It was created in 2000 by redesignating 44 Parachute Brigade, and is based at the Tempe military base near Bloemfontein.-History:...


Spain

  • Spanish Army
    Spanish Army
    The Spanish Army is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies - dating back to the 15th century.-Introduction:...

    • 6th Parachute Infantry Brigade
  • Spanish Air Force
    Spanish Air Force
    -The early stages:Hot air balloons had been used with military purposes in Spain as far back as 1896. In 1905, with the help of Alfredo Kindelán, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo directed the construction of the first Spanish dirigible in the Army Military Aerostatics Service, created in 1896 and located...

    • EZAPAC (Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas , Parachute Sapper Squadron)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Army
    • Commando Regiment
      Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
      The Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment is an elite special operations unit which is a Regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. Within one of the four Army Commando Regiments there is a 140-man counter-terrorist unit that provides the primary Counter-terrorism response for Sri Lanka...



Sri Lanka Air Force
    • SLAF Regiment
      Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment
      The Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment is a specialized ground combat corps within the Sri Lanka Air Force , responsible for capturing and defending airfields and associated installations. Its members are the SLAF Regiment Officers and the airmen of operations ground specialization...


Sweden

  • Swedish Army
    Swedish Army
    The Swedish Army is one of the oldest standing armies in the world and a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces; it is in charge of land operations. General Sverker Göranson is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Army.- Organization :...

    • Fallskärmsjägarna
      Fallskärmsjägarna
      Fallskärmsjägarna, , also known as Fallskärmsjägarkåren , is a Swedish parachute unit....

      (Parachute Rangers)
    • Särskilda Skyddsgruppen
      Särskilda Skyddsgruppen
      Särskilda Skyddsgruppen is a special operations unit of the Swedish military which became active in 1994. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to be between 60 and 80, with an average age of 31...

      Special Protection Group

Switzerland

  • Swiss Army
    • Armeeaufklärungsdetachement (AAD) (Army Reconnaissance Group)
    • Fallschirmaufklärer Kp 17 (Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17)

Taiwan (Republic of China)

  • Republic of China Army
    Republic of China Army
    The ROC Army's current operational strength includes 3 armies, 5 corps. As of 2005, the Army's 35 brigades include 25 infantry brigades, 5 armoured brigades and 3 mechanized infantry brigades...

    • Aviation and Special Forces Command (航空特戰司令部)
      • 3 Air Cavalry/Airborne brigades

Turkey

  • Turkish Army
    Turkish Army
    The Turkish Army or Turkish Land Forces is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The modern history of the army began with its formation after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire...

    • 1. Kayseri Hava İndirme Tugayı
  • Turkish Navy
    Turkish Navy
    The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...

    • Underwater Attack
      Su Alti Taarruz
      Su Altı Taarruz is one of two special operations units of the Turkish Navy ....

      • MAK Forces

Ukraine

  • Ukrainian Ground Forces
    Ukrainian Ground Forces
    The Ukrainian Ground Forces are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts , that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92.Between the fall of the USSR and...

    • Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
      Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
      The airmobile force is a highly mobile component of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.The airmobile forces consist of formations, units and elements of the Army and the Army aviation, trained for combined activities behind the enemy lines....

      • 25th Airborne Brigade (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 6th Guard Army Corps
        6th Army Corps (Ukraine)
        The 6th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...

        )
      • 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr Oblast, 8th Army Corps
        8th Army Corps (Ukraine)
        The 8th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.The 8th Order of the Red Star Tank Army was created in 1946 in the Carpathian Military District, Soviet Union. It was initially named as the 8th Mechanized Army and was...

        )
      • 79th Airmobile Brigade (Mykolaiv Oblast, subordinated to Ukrainian General Staff directly)
      • 80th Airmobile Regiment
        80th Airmobile Regiment (Ukraine)
        The 80th Airmobile Regiment is an airmobile formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The regiment is part of the 13th Army Corps.-History:...

         (will be a Brigade by end of 2009) (Lviv Oblast, 13th Army Corps
        13th Army (Soviet Union)
        The 13th Army was a name given to several field armies of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first created during the Russian Civil War...

        )
      • 28th Training Battalion
        28th Training Battalion (Ukraine)
        The 28th Training Battalion is an airmobile training formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.-History:In 1998 the Battalion was relocated to Mykolaiv.In 2005 the Battalion was relocated to urban-type settlement Desna, Chernihiv Oblast....

         (Chernihiv Oblast, 169th Ground Forces Training Center)
  • Border Guard Service
    State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
    State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is the border guard of Ukraine. It is an independent law enforcement agency of special assignment, the head of which is subordinated to the President of Ukraine...

    • Mobile Border Guard Detachment
      • 23rd Airmobile Detachment (disbanded)

United Kingdom

  • British Army
    British Army
    The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

    • 1st Airborne Division - (1941-1945)
    • 6th Airborne Division - (1943-1948)
    • 16th Air Assault Brigade - present
  • Royal Air Force
    Royal Air Force
    The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

    • 2 Squadron RAF Regiment
      No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment
      No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment is based at RAF Honington in Suffolk. It is a parachute-trained Field Squadron in the RAF Regiment which is capable of inserting by parachute and securing forward airfields, although this capability has never been put to use in combat operations.-Early history:The unit...


United States

  • United States Army
    United States Army
    The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

    • XVIII Airborne Corps
      • 82nd Airborne Division
        U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
        The 82nd Airborne Division is an active airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute landing operations. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is the primary fighting arm of the XVIII Airborne Corps....

      • 20th Engineer Brigade
        20th Engineer Brigade
        The 20th Engineer Brigade is a combat engineer brigade assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps of the United States Army stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Although the brigade was identified as an Airborne unit, not all of its subordinate units were airborne qualified—despite the Airborne tab...

    • 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
      4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (United States)
      The 4th Brigade Combat Team , 25th Infantry Division is an airborne infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army. The unit is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska and is the only airborne brigade combat team in the Pacific Theater...

    • 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
      173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
      The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is an airborne infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy...

    • US Army Long Range Surveillance Companies
      Long Range Surveillance Company
      In the United States Army, a Long Range Surveillance Company is a company with a special reconnaissance role in an intelligence brigade.-Organization:...

    • US Army Pathfinders Companies

  • United States Marine Corps
    United States Marine Corps
    The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

    • ANGLICO
    • Radio Recon Platoons
      Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
      The Radio Reconnaissance Platoon is a specially trained element of a United States Marine Corps Radio Battalion. A Radio Reconnaissance Team was assigned as the tactical signals intelligence collection element for the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, Detachment One...

    • Division Reconnaissance Battalions
      United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions
      The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions are the reconnaissance assets of Marine Air-Ground Task Force that provide division-level ground and amphibious reconnaissance to the Ground Combat Element within the United States Marine Corps...

    • Force Reconnaissance Companies
      United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
      The Force Reconnaissance Companies , are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations "capable" forces that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force ; supporting the landing or joint task force commanders, and...


  • United States Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

    • 93d Air-Ground Operations Wing
      • 3d Air Support Operations Group
        3d Air Support Operations Group
        The United States Air Force's 3d Air Support Operations Group is a combat support unit located at Fort Hood, Texas. The 3 ASOG provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat...

      • 18th Air Support Operations Group
        • 18th Weather Squadron
      • 820th Base Defense Group
    • 435th Security Forces Squadron
    • Airborne RED HORSE (ARH)

Venezuela

  • Venezuelan Army
    Army of Venezuela
    The National Army of Venezuela is one of the four professional branches of the Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It has the responsibility for land-based operations against external, or internal threats that may put the sovereignty of the nation at risk.It is the largest...

    • 42nd Infantry Paratrooper Brigade (42a Brigada Paracaidista de Infanteria)
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