The Russian Airborne Forces (Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, romanized: Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) is the airborne forces branch...
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The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from Vozdushno-desantnye voyska SSSR, Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate...
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Airmobile Forces are the airborne forces of Ukraine. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, several Ukraine-based units from the Soviet Airborne Forces...
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Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop. Parachute-qualified infantry...
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The Russian Aerospace Forces (Russian: VKS) or Russian Air and Space Forces comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed...
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Airborne Division (Russian: 104-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная дивизия) is a division of the Soviet Airborne Troops and the Russian Airborne Forces...
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Guards Chernogov Red Banner Air Assault Division is a division of the Russian Airborne Troops based in Pskov. The division traces its lineage back to the...
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The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based in Ivanovo. During the Second World War, the...
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Forces of the Russian Federation. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Ground Forces....
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The 345th Guards Airborne Regiment (345th PPD) of the Soviet Airborne Forces, and after 1992, the Russian Airborne Forces, was active from 1944 to 1998...
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