List of paratrooper forces

The following is a list, albeit incomplete, of paratrooper forces from around the world.

Argentina

Argentine Army
- 4th Parachute Brigade (Brigada Paracaidista IV)^[1]

Australia

Australian Army - None

The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was permanently removed from jump status as of 2012, leaving the Army with no conventional parachute-infantry force. The only combat units that retain a parachute capability in the Australian Defence Force are the Australian Special Air Service Regiment and both the 1st and 2nd Commando Regiments.

Austria

Austrian Federal Armed Forces
- 7th Infantry Brigade
  - Jägerbataillon 25^[2]^[3]

Belgium

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

Brazil

Brazilian Army - Paratroopers Brigade

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Army
- 68th Special Forces Brigade (68 Бригада Специални Сили)

Canada

Canadian Army
- B Company 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry^[4]
- M Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment
- A Company 3rd Battalion Royal 22^e Régiment
- Para Company The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada^[5]
- E Troop, E Battery, 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment

Chile

Chilean Army
- 1st Parachute Battalion "Pelantaru" (1^o Batallón de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru")

China

People's Liberation Army Ground Force
- more than seven Special Operation Teams
People's Liberation Army Air Force
- 15th Airborne Corps Wuhan
  - Airborne Special Operation Team of 15th Corps
  - 43rd Airborne Division, Kaifeng
    - 127th, 128th, 129th Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 44th Airborne Division, Yingshan
    - 130th, 131st, 132nd Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 45th Airborne Division, Huangpi
    - 133rd, 134th, 135th Para regt and one light arty regt

Czech Republic

Czech Army
- 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade
  - 43rd Airborne Battalion in Chrudim

Egypt

Egyptian Army
- Airborne Brigades

Finland

Finnish Army
- Utti Jaeger Regiment

France

French Army
- 11^e Brigade Parachutiste (11^e BP)
- Army Special Forces Brigade
French Air Force
- Commando parachutiste de l'air n° 20
- Commando parachutiste de l'air n° 30

Germany

See article Fallschirmjager

German Federal Army
- Special Operations Division
  - Airborne Brigade 26
  - Airborne Brigade 31
- Airmobile Operations Division
  - Airmobile Brigade 1

Greece

Hellenic Army
- 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ), based at Rentina, Macedonia
- 71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade (71η Α/M ΤΑΞ), based at Nea Santa, Macedonia

Honduras

2do batallon de infanteria aerotransportada (2nd airborne battalion)

India

Indian Army
- Parachute Regiment (India)

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 Sakti Brigif Linud 3; 3rd Airborne Infantry Brigade
- Indonesian Special Air Corps (Korps Pasukan Khas TNI AU)

Iran

Iranian Army

55th Parachute Division

Ireland

Defence Forces (Irish Army)

Army Ranger Wing (ARW)^[6]^[7]

Israel

Israeli Defence Forces

Paratroopers Brigade "Hativat HaTzanhanim" חטיבת הצנחנים

Italy

Italian paratroopers are called Paracadutisti

Regio Esercito - Royal Army (Historical)
- 80 Infantry Division La Spezia (Airlanding) - 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 and remnants formed the German 4th Parachute Division.
- 185th Folgore Parachute Division - Raised for the Invasion of Malta but was instead deployed to and later destroyed in North Africa. In its final form it was the 185th Folgore Parachute Battalion.
Italian Army
- Folgore Parachute Brigade
- 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment
Carabinieri
- 1st Carabinieri Parachute Regiment
  - Gruppo di Intervento Speciale
Italian Air Force
- 17º Stormo Incursori

Japan

Jordan

Joint Special Operations Command - JSOC
- 81st Airborne Battalion
- 91st Airborne Orientation Battalion

Royal Jordanian Army

30th Hussein Bin Ali Paratrooper Brigade
- 15th Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Airborne Battalion
- 16th King Faisal Airborne Battalion
- 20th Tariq Bin Zyad Airborne Battalion

Malaysia

Malaysian Army
- 10th Brigade (Para)

Mongolia

Mongolian Army
- 084th Special Task Battalion
- 337th Airborne Division

Mexico

Mexican Air Force
- Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas

Nepal

Nepalese Army
- Shree Bhairavnath Battalion 1910 - (Parachute Battalion)

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Army
- 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade

Norway

- Forsvarets Spesialkommando (FSK)
- Hærens Jegerkommando (HJK)
- Marinejegerkommandoen (MJK)

Pakistan

Pakistan Army
- 50th Airborne Division

Poland

Polish Land Forces
- 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (World War 2)
- 6th Paratrooper Brigade.

Portugal

Portuguese Army

Paratrooper Battalions of the Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade.

Rhodesia

Rhodesian Security Forces (disbanded 1980)
- Rhodesian African Rifles (from 1977)
- Rhodesian Light Infantry (from 1977)
- Rhodesian Special Air Service

Russia

Russian armed forces
- Russian Airborne Troops
  - 45th Detached Reconnaissance Regiment
  - 7th Guards Airborne Division
  - 76th Air Assault Division (Russia)
  - 98th Guards Airborne Division
  - 106th Guards Airborne Division (Russia)
  - 31st Guards Airborne Brigade
  - 242nd Training Centre
  - 1182nd Guards Artillery Division
  - 38th Signal Regiment

Serbia

Serbian Army
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion

South Africa

South African Army
- 44 Parachute Regiment

Spain

Spanish Army
- BRIPAC
- Mando de operaciones especiales (MOE)
Spanish Air Force
- Escuadrón de Apoyo al Despliegue Aéreo - Air Deployment and Support Squadron (EADA)
- Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas - Parachute Sapper Squadron (EZAPAC) ^{[citation needed]}

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Army

- Commando Regiment

Sri Lanka Air Force

- SLAF Regiment

Sweden

Swedish Army
- Fallskärmsjägarna (Parachute Rangers)
- Särskilda operationsgruppen Special Operations Group

Switzerland

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

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Republic of China Army
- Aviation and Special Forces Command (航空特戰司令部)
  - 3 Air Cavalry/Airborne brigades

Thailand

Royal Thai Army
- 31st Infantry Regiment (Thailand)

Turkey

Turkish Army
- 1. Kayseri Hava İndirme Tugayı
Turkish Air Force
- AKİP
Turkish Navy
- Su Altı Taarruz

Ukraine

Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Ukrainian Airmobile Forces^[8]
  - 25th Airborne Brigade (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 6th Guard Army Corps)
  - File:Ukr 95 airborne.jpg 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr Oblast, 8th Army Corps)
  - File:79ambr.jpg 79th Airmobile Brigade (Mykolaiv Oblast, subordinated to Ukrainian General Staff directly)
  - File:80oaep.jpg 80th Airmobile Regiment (will be a Brigade by end of 2009)^[9] (Lviv Oblast, 13th Army Corps)
  - File:28thtrb.jpg 28th Training Battalion (Chernihiv Oblast, 169th Ground Forces Training Center)
Border Guard Service
- Mobile Border Guard Detachment
  - 23rd Airmobile Detachment (disbanded)

United Kingdom

Special Boat Service (Naval Service)^[10]
Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (Royal Navy, Naval Service)
Fleet Diving Unit 1 (Fleet Diving Group, Fleet Diving Squadron, Royal Navy, Naval Service)^{[citation needed]}
Brigade Patrol Troop (3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, Naval Service)^[11]
Reconnaissance Troop (40 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, Naval Service)
Reconnaissance Troop (42 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, Naval Service)
Reconnaissance Troop (45 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, Naval Service)
22 Special Air Service Regiment (British Army)
Special Forces Support Group (United Kingdom Special Forces)
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)
3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)
4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)
Pathfinder Platoon (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[12]
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (British Army)
148 Commando Battery (29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery, British Army)
Elements of 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) (Royal Engineers, British Army)
2 Squadron (RAF Regiment, Royal Air Force)

United States

United States Army
- United States Army Special Forces
- Special Operations Team-Alpha (SOT-A)
- 75th Ranger Regiment
- XVIII Airborne Corps
  - 82nd Airborne Division
  - 20th Engineer Brigade
  - 101st Airborne Division (only certain units)
- 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
- 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
- US Army Long Range Surveillance Companies
- US Army Pathfinders Companies
- 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat)(Airborne), 2d Engineer Brigade
- 28th Ordnance Company (EOD)(Airborne)

United States Marine Corps

United States Air Force
- 24th Special Operations Wing
  - 720th Special Tactics Group
    - 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 320th & 321st Special Tactics Squadrons
- 93d Air-Ground Operations Wing
  - 18th Air Support Operations Group This unit comprises five squadrons of which only the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron is airborne-trained.
    - 14th Air Support Operations Squadron (14th ASOS)
    - 15th Air Support Operations Squadron (15th ASOS)
    - 18th Weather Squadron (18th WS)
    - 19th Air Support Operations Squadron (19th ASOS)
    - 20th Air Support Operations Squadron (20th ASOS)
  - 820th Base Defense Group
- 435th Security Forces Squadron
- 820th Red Horse Squadron [only RHS with this capability]
- U.S. Air Force SERE Specialists

Joint Service Units

Joint Communications Unit (JCU)
Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE)
- Headquarters Support Squadron (HSS)
- Communications Support Detachment (CSD)
- 1st Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 2nd Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 3rd Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 4th Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron (JCSS)
- 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron (JCSS)

Venezuela

Venezuelan Army
- 42nd Infantry Paratrooper Brigade (42^a Brigada Paracaidista de Infanteria)

Vietnam

File:Vietnam People's Air Force Paratroops.jpg

Vietnamese Paratroops insignia

Vietnam People's Air Force
- Vietnamese Paratroops

References

^ http://www.herbertholeman.com/para/units/argentina.php PARATROOPERS of ARGENTINA
^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522J%25C3%25A4gerbataillon%2B25%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-43,GGGL:en Hunter Battalion 25
^ http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml Jägerbataillon 25
^ http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/
^ http://www.qor.com/orbat/60th.html
^ "Irish Paratroopers". 1998. "Ex Red Devil". Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Irish ARW". 2014. Defence Forces Ireland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Ukrainian Airmobile structure" (in Ukrainian)
^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
^ "The secretive sister of the SAS". BBC. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1360109/British-unit-prepares-to-defy-extremes-of-the-Afghan-winter.html
^ http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/28211.aspx

[1] ttp://www.herbertholeman.com/para/units/argentina.php PARATROOPERS of ARGENTINA

[2] ttp://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522J%25C3%25A4gerbataillon%2B25%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-43,GGGL:en Hunter Battalion 25

[3] ttp://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml Jägerbataillon 25

[4] ttp://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/

[5] ttp://www.qor.com/orbat/60th.html

[6] "Irish Paratroopers". 1998. "Ex Red Devil". Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[7] "Irish ARW". 2014. Defence Forces Ireland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[8] "Ukrainian Airmobile structure" (in Ukrainian)

[9] Новини Управління Прес-служби МО

[bbc-10] "The secretive sister of the SAS". BBC. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

[11] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1360109/British-unit-prepares-to-defy-extremes-of-the-Afghan-winter.html

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