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
  • Special Air Service Regiment
  • 1st Commando Regiment
  • 2nd Commando Regiment
  • Special Operations Engineer Regiment

Austria

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

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Army 1st Paracommando Battalion
• Special Warfare Diving And Salvage SWADS

Belgium

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

Brazil

• Brazilian Army - 12th Light Infantry Brigade (Airborne)

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

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

Croatia

• Special Operations Battalion (Croatia)
  • 1st Airborne Company
• Military Intelligence Battalion (also use parachutes)
• Special Military Police Company (also use parachutes)

Czech Republic

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

Egypt

• Egyptian Army
  • 222nd Airborne Brigade
  • 414th Airborne Brigade

Finland

• Finnish Army
  • Utti Jaeger Regiment

France

• French Foreign Legion
  • 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment

• 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

Gabon

• 1^er Régiment de Parachutistes Gabonais(1er RPG)

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

Honduras

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

Hungary

• HDF 34th ’László Bercsényi’ Special Operations Battalion^[6]
• HDF 25/88th Light Mixed Battalion^[7]
• HDF 5/24th 'Gergely Bornemissza' Reconnaissance Battalion^[8]

India

• Indian Army
  • Parachute Regiment (India)
  • 50th Parachute Brigade (India)

Indonesia

• Indonesian Army
  • Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 17/Kujang I (17th Airborne Infantry Brigade)
  • Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 18/Trisula (18th Airborne Infantry Brigade)
  • Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 3/Tri Budhi Sakti (3rd Airborne Infantry Brigade)
• Indonesian Air Force
  • Air Force Special Forces Corps

Iran

Iranian Army

• 55th Parachute Division

Ireland

Defence Forces (Irish Army)

• Army Ranger Wing (ARW)^[9][10]

Israel

Israeli Defence Forces

• 35th Paratroopers Brigade "Hativat HaTzanhanim" חטיבת הצנחנים

Italy

Italian paratroopers are called Paracadutisti

• Carabinieri
  • 1st Carabinieri Parachute Regiment The Special Intervention Unit of the Carabinieri (a Special Forces unit) is recruited from this Regiment and fully parachute-trained.
• Italian Army
  • Folgore Parachute Brigade
  • 9th Parachute Assault Regiment
  • 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment
• Italian Navy
  • Undersea Raiders Group "Teseo Tesei" - Navy Special Forces. All personnel of its Operational Raiders Group is parachute-trained.
• Italian Air Force
  • 17º Stormo Incursori - Air Force Special Forces. All personnel of its Operational Raiders Group is parachute-trained.

Japan

• 1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)

Jordan

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

Royal Jordanian Army

• 30th Hussein Bin Ali Special Mission Brigade
  • 15th Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Special Mission Battalion (Para)
  • 16th King Faisal Special MissionBattalion (Para)
  • 20th Tariq Bin Zyad Special Mission Battalion (Para)

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

• Royal Netherlands Marine Corps
  • 11 and 23 Raiding Squadrons

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
  • South African Special Forces Brigade
  • 44 Parachute Brigade - Predecessor to 44 Parachute Regiment
    • 1 Parachute Battalion
    • 44 Pathfinder Platoon - Pathfinders
    • 18 Light Regiment (Airborne Artillery)
  • 44 Parachute Regiment - Current

Spain

• Spanish Army
  • BRIPAC
• Spanish Air Force
  • Escuadrón de Apoyo al Despliegue Aéreo - Air Deployment and Support Squadron (EADA)
  • Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas - Parachute Sapper Squadron (EZAPAC)

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^[11]
    • 25th Airborne Brigade (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 6th Guard Army Corps)
    • 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr Oblast, 8th Army Corps)
    • 79th Airmobile Brigade (Mykolaiv Oblast, subordinated to Ukrainian General Staff directly)
    • 80th Airmobile Regiment (will be a Brigade by end of 2009)^[12] (Lviv Oblast, 13th Army Corps)
    • 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 (Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[13]
• Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (Royal Navy, Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[14]
• Fleet Diving Unit 1 (Fleet Diving Group, Fleet Diving Squadron, Royal Navy, Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[15]
• Brigade Patrol Troop (3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[16]
• Reconnaissance Troop (40 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)
• Reconnaissance Troop (42 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)
• Reconnaissance Troop (45 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)
• 22 Special Air Service Regiment (British Army)^[17]
• 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (British Army)^[18]
• 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[19]
• 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[19]
• 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[19]
• Pathfinder Platoon (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[19]
• 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[20]
• 148 Commando Battery (29 Commando Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army)^[21]
• 23 Engineer Regiment (Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army)^[22]
• 299 Parachute Squadron (Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army)^[22]
• 2 Squadron (RAF Regiment, Royal Air Force)^[23]

United States

• United States Army
  • United States Army Special Forces
    • 1st Special Forces Group (United States)
    • 3rd Special Forces Group (United States)
    • 5th Special Forces Group (United States)
    • 7th Special Forces Group (United States)
    • 10th Special Forces Group (United States)
    • 19th Special Forces Group (United States)
    • 20th Special Forces Group (United States)
  • Special Operations Team-Alpha (SOT-A)
  • Military Information Support Command
    • 4th Psychological Operations Group (United States)
      • 6th Psychological Operations Battalion (USEUCOM)
      • 7th Psychological Operations Battalion (USAFRICOM)
      • 8th Psychological Operations Battalion (USCENTCOM)
    • 8th Psychological Operations Group (United States)
      • 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (USSOUTHCOM)
      • 5th Psychological Operations Battalion (USPACOM)
      • 9th Psychological Operations Battalion (Tactical)
  • 75th Ranger Regiment
  • XVIII Airborne Corps
    • 82nd Airborne Division
    • 20th Engineer Brigade
  • 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
  • 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
  • US Army Long Range Surveillance Companies
  • US Army Pathfinders Companies
  • 28th Ordnance Company (EOD)(Airborne)

• United States Marine Corps
  • ANGLICO
  • Radio Recon Platoons
  • Division Reconnaissance Battalions
  • Force Reconnaissance Companies
  • MARSOC

• 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

• Vietnam People's Air Force
  • Vietnamese Paratroops

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