List of paratrooper forces

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Many countries around the world maintain military units that are trained as paratroopers. These include special forces units that are parachute-trained, as well as non-airborne forces units.

Abkhazia[edit]

  • Independent Special Purpose Detachment (Отдельный Отряд Специального Назначения - Otdel'nyy Otryad Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya)[N 1][1]

Albania[edit]

Algeria[edit]

Angola[edit]

  • Special Forces Brigade (Brigada de Forças Especiais)[9]
  • Special Forces Training School (Escola de Formação de Forças Especiais)[10]

Argentina[edit]

Armenia[edit]

Australia[edit]

Austria[edit]

Azerbaijan[edit]

Bahrain[edit]

  • Royal Guard Special Forces Battalion (الحرس الملكي كتيبة قوات خاصة - Alharas Almalakiu Katibat Quwwat Khasa)[48]

Bangladesh[edit]

Belarus[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Benin[edit]

  • 1st Parachute Commandos Battalion (1er Bataillon de Commandos Parachutistes)[63]

Bolivia[edit]

  • Army
    • 16th Special Forces Regiment "Jordán" (Regimiento de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 16 "Jordán")[64]
    • 18th Airborne Commandos Regiment "Victoria" - Special Troops instruction Center (Regimiento de Comandos Aerotransportados Nº 18 "Victoria - Centro de Instrucción de Tropas Especiales")[65][66]
  • Navy
    • Amphibious Commandos Battalion (Batallón de Comandos Anfibios)[67]

Botswana[edit]

  • Commando Battalion[68][69]
  • Para and Presidential Guards Battalion[70]

Brazil[edit]

Brazilian pathfinders

Brunei[edit]

  • Army
    • Special Forces Regiment (Rejimen Pasukan Khas)[96]
  • Air Force
    • Tactical Air Supply Parachute Unit (Unit Payung Terjun Pembekal Udara Taktikal)[97]

Bulgaria[edit]

Bulgarian paratroopers training
  • Joint Special Operations Command (Съвместно Командване на Специалните Операции - Sŭvmestno Komandvane na Spetsialnite Operatsii)[98]
    • Army
      • 1st Special Forces Battalion (1ви Батальон Специални Сили - 1vi Batalion Spetsialni Sili)[99]
      • 2nd Special Forces Battalion (2ри Батальон Специални Сили - 2ri Batalion Spetsialni Sili)[99]
      • 3rd Special Forces Battalion (3ти Батальон Специални Сили - 3ti Batalion Spetsialni Sili)[99]
    • Navy

Burkina Faso[edit]

  • 25th Parachute Commando Regiment (25e Régiment Parachutiste Commando)[101]
  • Airborne Technics Training Center (Centre d'Instruction aux Techniques Aéroportées)[102]

Burundi[edit]

  • 121st Parachute Regiment (121e Régiment de Parachutistes)[103]

Cambodia[edit]

Cambodian paratroopers
  • Special Forces Command (បញ្ជាការដ្ឋានទ័ពពិសេស - Banhcheakear Dthan tp Pises)[104][105][106]
    • 1st Airborne Commando Battalion
    • 2nd Airborne Commando Battalion
    • 3rd Airborne Commando Battalion
    • 4th Airborne Commando Battalion

Cameroon[edit]

  • Airborne Troops Battalion (Bataillon des Troupes Aéroportées)[107][108]

Canada[edit]

Chile[edit]

Chilean Army paratroopers jumping from a CASA 212

China (People’s Republic of China)[edit]

  • Army
    • People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces ( 中國人民解放軍特種部隊 )[130]
      • 71st Special Warfare Brigade "Sword of the Kunlun Mountains" (「昆仑利刃」特战第71旅 )
      • 72nd Special Warfare Brigade (特战第72旅 )
      • 73rd Special Warfare Brigade "Flying Dragon" (「飛龍」特战第73旅 )
      • 74th Special Warfare Brigade (特战第74旅 )
      • 75th Special Warfare Brigade "Sword of South China" (「華南之劍」特战第75旅 )
      • 76th Special Warfare Brigade "Snow Maple" (「雪枫」特战第76旅 )
      • 77th Special Warfare Brigade "Hunting Leopard" (「獵豹」特战第77旅 )
      • 78th Special Warfare Brigade (特战第78旅 )
      • 79th Special Warfare Brigade "Siberian Tiger" (「東北虎」特战第79旅 )
      • 80th Special Warfare Brigade "Mount Tai Eagle" (「泰山雄鹰」特战第80旅)
      • 81st Special Warfare Brigade "Oriental Sword" (「東方神劍」特战第81旅 )
      • 82nd Special Warfare Brigade "Ringing Arrow" (「響箭」特战第82旅 )
      • 83rd Special Warfare Brigade "Heroic Eagle" (「雄鷹」特战第83旅 )
      • 84th Special Warfare Brigade "Night Tiger" (「暗夜之虎」特战第84旅 )
      • 85th Special Warfare Brigade "Highland Snow Leopard" (「高原雪豹」特战第85旅 )
      • Hong Kong Special Battalion (香港特种营 )
      • Macau Special Company (澳門特种连 )
    • Academy of Airborne Troops[131]
  • Navy
    • Marine Special Operations Brigade "Scaly Dragon" (海军陆战队特种作战旅 (蛟龍) )[132]
    • Marine Corps 1st Brigade Amphibious Reconnaissance Special Team (海军陆战队第1旅两栖侦察特战队 )
    • Marine Corps 2nd Brigade Amphibious Reconnaissance Special Team (海军陆战队第2旅两栖侦察特战队 )
  • Air Force
    • Airborne Corps Special Operations Brigade "Thunder God" (中国人民解放军空降兵军特种作战旅(雷神) )[130]
    • People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps (中國人民解放軍空降兵軍 )[133]
      • 127th Airborne Brigade (127空降旅 )
      • 128th Airborne Brigade (128空降旅 )
      • 130th Airborne Brigade (130空降旅 )
      • 131st Airborne Brigade (131空降旅 )
      • 133rd Airborne Brigade (133空降旅 )
      • 134th Airborne Brigade (134空降旅 )

Taiwan[edit]

Colombia[edit]

US and Colombian paratroopers

Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of Congo)[edit]

  • Parachute Commando Group (Groupement Para-Commando)[155]
  • 102nd Airborne Battalion (102ème Bataillon Aéroporté)[156]

Congo-Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)[edit]

  • 31st Fast Reaction Brigade (31e Brigade de Réaction Rapide)[157]
    • three Para-Commando Battalions
  • Airborne Troops Training Center (Centre d'Entraînement des Troupes Aéroportées)[158]

Croatia[edit]

  • Special Operations Command (Zapovjedništvo Specijalnih Snaga)[159]
    • 1st Special Forces Group (1. Grupa Specijalnih Snaga)
    • 2nd Special Forces Group (2. Grupa Specijalnih Snaga)
    • Commando Company (Komando Satnija)

Cuba[edit]

Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus)[edit]

Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)[edit]

  • Parachute and Commando Training Battalion (Hava Indirme ve Komando Eğitim Tabur)[N 2][167]

Czech Republic[edit]

Denmark[edit]

Djibouti[edit]

Dominican Republic[edit]

  • Air Force
    • Special Forces Command "Brigadier General Freddy Franco Diaz" (Comando de Fuerzas Especiales "General de Brigada Freddy Franco Díaz")[175][176]

Ecuador[edit]

  • Army
    • 9th Special Forces Brigade "Fatherland"[177]
      • 25th Special Forces Group "South Base"[178]
      • 26th Special Forces Group "Cenepa"[179]
      • 27th Special Forces Group "General Miguel Iturralde"[180]
      • 53rd Special Forces Group "Rayo"[181]
      • Special Operations Group "Ecuador"[182]
      • 9th Special Forces School "Captain Alejandro Romo Escobar"[183]
  • Navy
  • Air Force
    • Air Force Special Operations Group[185]

Egypt[edit]

  • 414th Parachute Brigade[186][187][188]
    • 176th Mechanized Parachute Infantry Battalion
    • 224th Parachute Infantry Battalion
    • 225th Parachute Infantry Battalion
    • 226th Parachute Infantry Battalion
    • Parachute Reconnaissance Company
  • Parachute Forces School (مدرسة قوات المظلات - Madrasat Quwwat al-Mizallat)[189]

El Salvador[edit]

  • Special Forces Command (Comando de Fuerzas Especiales)[190][191]
    • Army
      • Special Operations Group (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales)[192]
    • Air Force
      • Parachute Battalion (Batallón de Paracaidistas)[193]

Estonia[edit]

Eswatini (Swaziland)[edit]

  • one Paratrooper platoon[196]

Ethiopia[edit]

  • 102nd Airborne Division (አየር ወለድ 102ኛ ክፍለ ጦር - Āyeri Weledi 102nya Kifile T'ori)[197][198]

Fiji[edit]

  • Special Operations Company[199]

Finland[edit]

France[edit]

French Army and Navy paratrooper brevet
French Air Force paratrooper brevet
French Marine Infantry Paratroopers, 2012
Main article: List of French paratrooper units

Gabon[edit]

  • 1st Parachute Regiment (1er Régiment Parachutiste)[242]

Georgia[edit]

  • Special Operations Forces (სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალები)[243]
    • Special Operations Battalion East (სპეციალური ოპერაციების ბატალიონი აღმოსავლეთ
    • Special Operations Battalion West (სპეციალური ოპერაციების ბატალიონი დასავლეთში ), including:
      • Naval Special Forces Squadron (საზღვაო სპეციალური დანიშნულების რაზმი სოძ-ის )[244]
    • Special Training Center "Major Gela Chedia" (მაიორ გელა ჭედიას სახელობის სპეციალური დანიშნულების სასწავლო ცენტრი ,[245] including:
      • Parachute Training School (საპარაშუტო მომზადების სკოლა )[244]

Germany[edit]

Paratroopers of the German Fallschirmjägerregiment 26 at the Baumholder Urban Combat Training Ground, 2017

Ghana[edit]

Greece[edit]

Greek paratrooper of the 1st Raider Regiment
  • Army
    • 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (1η Ταξιαρχία Kαταδρομών-Αλεξιπτωτιστών)[260]
      • 1st Raider Regiment (1ο Σύνταγμα Καταδρομών)
      • 2nd Paratrooper Regiment (2ο Σύνταγμα Αλεξιπτωτιστών)
      • Special Paratrooper Section[261]
    • Paratrooper School (Σχολή Αλεξιπτωτιστών)[262]
    • Mountain Raiders Company (Λόχος Ορεινών Καταδρομών)[263]
  • Navy
  • Air Force
    • 31st Search and Rescue Operations Squadron "Achilles" (31η Μοίρα Επιχειρήσεων Έρευνας Διάσωσης "Αχιλλέας")[265]

Guatemala[edit]

  • Special Operations Brigade "Brigadier Pablo Nuila Hub [es]" (Brigada de Operaciones Especiales "General de Brigada Pablo Nuila Hub")[266]
    • Special Forces Battalion "Kaibiles" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Kaibiles")[267][268]
  • Parachute Brigade "General Felipe Cruz" (Brigada de Paracaidistas "General Felipe Cruz")[269][270]
    • 1st Parachute Battalion (I Batallón de Paracaidistas)[271]
    • 2nd Parachute Battalion (II Batallón de Paracaidistas)[271]
    • Military Parachutist School (Escuela Militar de Paracaidismo)[271]

Guinea[edit]

  • Commando Special Battalion (Bataillon Speciale des Commandos)[272][273]
  • Independent Airborne Troops Battalion (Bataillon Autonome des Troupes Aéroportées)[272][274]

Guyana[edit]

Honduras[edit]

  • Special Operations Command (Comando de Operaciones Especiales)[277][278]
    • 1st Special Forces Battalion (1º Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales)[279]
    • 2nd Airborne Infantry Battalion (Special Tactical Group) (2º Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado (Agrupamiento Táctico Especial))[280]
  • Armed Forces Parachutist School (Escuela de Paracaidismo de las Fuerzas Armadas)[281]

Hungary[edit]

India[edit]

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade exits a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers in 2013
A soldier of Army 50th Parachute Brigade jumps from a Chinook helicopter
Indian Navy MARCOS during urban combat training at RIMPAC 2022
  • Army
    • Para (Special Forces)
    • 50th Parachute Brigade[287]
      • two Parachute Battalions (on rotation from the Parachute Regiment units listed below)
      • one Parachute Special Forces Battalion (on rotation from the Parachute Regiment units listed below)
      • one Parachute Field Regiment (Artillery) (on rotation from the Parachute Artillery units listed below)
      • 60 Parachute Field Hospital[288]
      • 411th (Independent) Parachute Field Company, Bombay Sappers[287]
      • 622 Parachute Composite Company (Army Service Corps)[287]
      • 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade (Ordnance Field Park)[287]
      • 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade Signal Company[287]
      • 2 (Independent) Parachute Field Workshop Company (Electronics and Mechanical Engineers)[287]
      • 252 (Para) Air Defence Battery[287]
      • 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade Provost Section[287]
      • President's Body Guard Pathfinder Company[287]
    • Parachute Regiment (पैराशूट रेजिमेंट )[289]
      • Parachute Special Forces Battalions (पैरा स्पेशल फोर्सेज़ )
        • 1st battalion - 1 PARA (SF)
        • 2nd battalion - 2 PARA (SF)
        • 3rd battalion - 3 PARA (SF)
        • 4th battalion - 4 PARA (SF)
        • 9th battalion - 9 PARA (SF)
        • 10th battalion - 10 PARA (SF)
        • 11th battalion - 11 PARA (SF)
        • 12th battalion - 12 PARA (SF)
        • 13th battalion - 13 PARA (SF)
        • 21st battalion - 21 PARA (SF)
      • Parachute Airborne Battalions (पैराशूट बटालियन )
        • 5th battalion - 5 PARA (SF/Airborne)
        • 6th battalion - 6 PARA (SF/Airborne)
        • 7th battalion - 7 PARA (SF/Airborne)
        • 23rd battalion - 23 PARA (SF/Airborne)
        • 29th battalion - 29 PARA (SF/Airborne)
      • Parachute Battalions (Territorial Army) (पैराशूट बटालियन (प्रादेशिक सेना) )
        • 106th Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (based at Bengaluru, Karnataka)
        • 116th Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (based at Devlali, Maharashtra)
      • 31st Battalion - 31 PARA (Commando), Rashtriya Rifles (31. बटालियन (कमांडो), राष्ट्रीय राइफल्स )[290]
    • 9th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment[291]
    • 17th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment[287]
  • Navy
  • Air Force

Indonesia[edit]

Indonesian Air Force Parachute Commandos

Iran[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Israel[edit]

Israeli paratroopers in operation in the Gaza Strip

Italy[edit]

Italian paratrooper brevet
Italian female paratrooper

Ivory Coast[edit]

  • 1st Commando Parachutists Battalion (1er Bataillon des Commandos Parachutistes)[380]

Japan[edit]

Japanese paratroopers of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 2012

Jordan[edit]

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kazakhstan paratrooper
  • Air Assault Forces ( Десанттық-шабуылдаушы Әскерлері)[388]
    • 35th Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade (35-ші жеке гвардиялық десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы )
    • 36th Independent Air Assault Brigade (36-ші жеке десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы )
    • 37th Independent Air Assault Brigade (37-ші жеке десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы )
    • 38th Independent Air Assault Brigade (38-ші жеке десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы )
    • Independent Intelligence Battalion
    • Independent Signal Battalion

Kenya[edit]

Special Operations Regiment (Kenya)

  • 20th Parachute Battalion[389]
  • 30th Special Operations Battalion[390]
  • 40th Rangers Strike Force.[391]

Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea/“North Korea”)[edit]

  • Army
    • 26th Air Landing Brigade (제26항공육전여단 - je26 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan)
    • 38th Air Landing Brigade (제38항공육전여단 - je38 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan)
    • 45th Air Landing Brigade (제45항공육전여단 - je45 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan)
    • 48th Air Landing Brigade (제48항공육전여단 - je48 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan)
    • 58th Air Landing Brigade (제58항공육전여단 - je58 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan)
    • 525th Special Operations Battalion (제525특수작전대대 - je525 Teugsujagjeondaedae)
  • Air Force
    • 11th Airborne Snipers Brigade (제11항공저격여단 - je11 Hang Gongjeogyeog Yeodan)
    • 16th Airborne Snipers Brigade (제16항공저격여단 - je16 Hang Gongjeogyeog Yeodan)
    • 21st Airborne Snipers Brigade (제21항공저격여단 - je21 Hang Gongjeogyeog Yeodan)
  • Korean People's Army Special Operation Force

Korea (Republic of Korea/“South Korea”)[edit]

South Korea paratroopers in training, 2015
  • Army
    • Army Special Forces Command "Lion" (육군특수전사령부 "사자" - Yuggunteugsujeonsalyeongbu "Saja")[392]
      • 1st Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Eagle"
        • 1st Special Forces Battalion (제1특전대대 - je 1 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 2nd Special Forces Battalion (제2특전대대 - je 2 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 3rd Special Forces Battalion (제3특전대대 - je 3 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 5th Special Forces Battalion (제5특전대대 - je 5 Teugjeon Daedae)
      • 3rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Flying Tiger" (3 공수특전여단 "비호" - 3 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Biho")
        • 11th Special Forces Battalion (제11특전대대 - je 11 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 12th Special Forces Battalion (제12특전대대 - je 12 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 13th Special Forces Battalion (제13특전대대 - je 13 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 15th Special Forces Battalion (제15특전대대 - je 15 Teugjeon Daedae)
      • 7th Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Pegasus" (7공수특전여단 "천마" - 7 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Cheonma")
        • 31st Special Forces Battalion (제31특전대대 - je 31 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 32nd Special Forces Battalion (제32특전대대 - je 32 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 33rd Special Forces Battalion (제33특전대대 - je 33 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 35th Special Forces Battalion (제35특전대대 - je 35 Teugjeon Daedae)
      • 9th Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Ghost" (9 공수특전여단 "유령" - 9 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Yulyeong")
        • 51st Special Forces Battalion (제51특전대대 - je 51 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 52nd Special Forces Battalion (제52특전대대 - je 52 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 53rd Special Forces Battalion (제53특전대대 - je 53 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 55th Special Forces Battalion (제55특전대대 - je 55 Teugjeon Daedae)
      • 11th Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Golden Bat" (11 공수특전여단 "황금박쥐" - 11 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Hhwang-Geumbagjwi")
        • 61st Special Forces Battalion (제61특전대대 - je 61 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 62nd Special Forces Battalion (제62특전대대 - je 62 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 63rd Special Forces Battalion (제63특전대대 - je 63 Teugjeon Daedae)
        • 65th Special Forces Battalion (제65특전대대 - je 65 Teugjeon Daedae)
      • 13th Airborne Special Missions Brigade "Black Panther" [ko] (13 특수임무여단 "흑표" - 13 Teugsu-Immuyeodan "Heugpyo)
        • 71st Special Missions Battalion (제71특수임무대대 - je 71 Teugsu-Immu Daedae)
        • 72nd Special Missions Battalion (제72특수임무대대 - je 72 Teugsu-Immu Daedae)
        • 73rd Special Missions Battalion (제73특수임무대대 - je 73 Teugsu-Immu Daedae)
        • 75th Special Missions Battalion (제75특수임무대대 - je 75 Teugsu-Immu Daedae)
      • International Peace Support Group "All World" [ko] (국제평화지원단 (온누리) – Gugjepyeonghwajiwondan "Onnuri")[393]
    • 201st Special Operations Brigade "Golden Eagle" (201특공여단 "황금독수리" 201 Teuggong-Yeodan "Hwang-Geumdogsuli")[394]
    • 203rd Special Operations Brigade "Tiger Dragon" (203 특공여단 "용호" - 203 Teuggong-Yeodan "Yongho")[395]
    • 707th Special Mission Battalion "White Tiger" (707특수임무대대 "백호" - 707 Teugsu-Immu Daedae "Baegho")
  • Navy
  • Marines
    • 21st Airborne Expeditionary Battalion (제21공정대대 - je21Gongjeongdaedae)[397]
    • 31st Airborne Expeditionary Battalion (제31공정대대 - je31Gongjeongdaedae)[397]
    • 73rd Airborne Expeditionary Battalion (제73공정대대 - je73Gongjeongdaedaee)[397]

Kuwait[edit]

  • one Special Forces Unit[398]

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Latvia[edit]

Lesotho[edit]

  • one "Recce" (Special Forces) unit[403]

Lithuania[edit]

Lithuanian parachute scouts of the "Iron Wolf" brigade train with US paratroopers of the 172nd IBCT
  • Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion
    • Reconnaissance Platoon
  • Army
    • "Iron Wolf" Infantry Brigade
    • "Griffin" (Samogitia) Infantry Brigade
    • "Aukštaitija" Light Infantry Brigade
      • Reconnaissance Company (Žvalgų kuopa, Lengvoji Pėstininkų Brigada "Aukštaitija")[404]
      • 1st Infantry (Reserve) Battalion
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
      • 2nd Infantry (Reserve) Battalion
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
      • 3rd Infantry (Reserve) Battalion
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
    • Volunteer Forces
      • Reconnaissance Company (Žvalgų kuopa, Krašto Apsaugos Savanorių Pajėgos)[404]
      • 1st Territorial Unit Dainava District
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
      • 2nd Territorial Unit Darius and Girėnas District
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
      • 3rd Territorial Unit Žemaičiai District
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
      • 5th Territorial Unit Vytis District
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
      • 6th Territorial Unit Prisikėlimo District
        • Reconnaissance Platoon
    • Major Juozas Lukša Training Center
      • Reconnaissance course
  • Special Operations Force (Specialiųjų Operacijų Pajėgos)[404]
    • Special Purpose Service
    • Army
    • Navy
      • Combat Divers Service (Kovinių Narų Tarnyba)
    • Air Force
      • Special Operations Team (Specialiųjų Operacijų Grandis)
  • Training Command and Doctrine Command
    • Division General Stasys Raštikis Lithuanian Armed Forces School
      • Parachute Training Center (Parašiutinio Rengimo Centras)[406]

Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia)[edit]

  • Army
    • Regiment for Special Operations (Полк за специјални операции - Polk za Specijalni Operacii)[407]
      • Battalion for Special Purposes "Wolves" (Баталјон за специјални намени "Волци" - Bataljon za Specijalni Nameni "Volci")[407]
      • Rangers Battalion (Ренџерски баталјон - Rendžerski Bataljon)[408]
  • Air Force
    • 501st Special Purposes Platoon "Falcons" (501.Вод за Специални Намени "Соколи" - 501. Vod za Specijalne Razmene "Sokoli")[409]

Madagascar[edit]

  • 1st Intervention Forces Regiment (1er Régiment des Forces d'Intervention)[410]

Malawi[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Malaysia parachutists from the 10th Parachute Brigade
  • Army
    • 10th Parachute Brigade (Briged ke-10 Payung Terjun)[412]
      • 8th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment (Para) (Batalion ke-8 Rejimen Renjer Diraja (Para))[413]
      • 9th Battalion Royal Malay Regiment (Para) (Batalion ke-9 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (Para))[414]
      • 17th Battalion Royal Malay Regiment (Para) (Batalion ke-17 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (Para))[415]
      • 18th Battalion Royal Malay Regiment (Para) (Batalion ke-18 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (Para))[416]
      • 1st Royal Artillery Regiment (Para) (Rejimen Pertama Artileri Diraja (Para))[417]
      • Armoured Squadron (Para) (Skuadron Armor Diraja (Para))[418]
      • 10th Squadron Royal Signals Regiment (Para) (10 Skuadron Semboyan Diraja (Para))[419]
      • 361th Battery Air Defence Royal Artillery Regiment (Para) (361 Bateri Rejimen Artileri Diraja PU (Para))[420]
      • 10th Squadron Royal Engineer Regiment (Para) (10 Skuadron Askar Jurutera Diraja (Para))[421]
      • Pathfinder Platoon (Para) (Platun Pandu Udara (Para))[422]
      • Support Company (Para) (Kompeni Bantuan (Para))[423]
      • Royal Military Police Corps Platoon (Para) (Kor Polis Tentera Diraja (Para))
      • Royal Medical Corps Company (Para) (Kompeni Perubatan (Para))[424]

Maldives[edit]

Mali[edit]

Mauritania[edit]

  • 1st Paratrooper and Commando Battalion (الكتيبة الأولى للصاعقة و المظليين - Alkatibat Al'uwlaa Lilssaeiqat w Almazaliyiyn)[427][428]

Mexico[edit]

Parachute riflemen on parade in Mexico City
  • Army
    • Parachute Rifle Brigade (Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas)[429][430]
      • Headquarters Company (Compañía de Cuartel General)
      • 1st Parachute Rifle Battalion (1º Batallón de Fusileros Paracaidistas)
      • 2nd Parachute Rifle Battalion (2º Batallón de Fusileros Paracaidistas)
      • 3rd Parachute Rifle Battalion (3º Batallón de Fusileros Paracaidistas)
      • Special Force of the Parachute Rifle Brigade [es] (Fuerza Especial de la Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas)
      • 4th Logistics Company (4ª Compañía de Intendencia)
    • Parachutist Training Center (Centro de Adiestramiento de Paracaidismo)[431]
    • Special Reaction Force (Fuerza Especial de Reacción)[432]
  • Navy
    • Commando Special Forces (Fuerzas Especiales de Comandos)[433]
      • Special Forces Group of the Gulf (Grupo Fuerzas Especiales del Golfo)[434]
      • Special Forces Group of the Pacific (Grupo Fuerzas Especiales del Pacifico)[434]
      • Special Forces Group of the Center (Grupo Fuerzas Especiales del Centro)[434]

Moldova[edit]

Mongolia[edit]

  • 84th Air Landing Battalion (Aгаарын Десант 84-р Батальон - Agaaryn Dyesant 84-r Battalion)[439][440]

Montenegro[edit]

  • Army
    • Special Forces Company (Чете Специјалних Снага - Čete Specijalnih Snaga)[441]
  • Navy
    • Naval Detachment ( Поморскi Одред - Pomorski Odred)[441]

Morocco[edit]

  • 1st Parachute Infantry Brigade (لوائي جنود مظلات1 - Lwayiy Junud Mazallat 1)[442]
  • 2nd Parachute Infantry Brigade (لوائي جنود مظلات2 - Lwayiy Junud Mazallat 2)[443]
  • Royal Gendarmerie Parachute Intervention Squadron (Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Royale)[444]
  • Airborne Troops Training Center (Centre d'Instruction des Troupes Aéroportés)[445]

Myanmar[edit]

  • 4th Military Operation Command (4. စစ်ဆင်ရေးကွပ်ကဲမှုဌာနချုပ် - 4. cacchangre: kwapkaihmu thanakhyup)[446]

Namibia[edit]

  • one Special Forces unit[447]
  • Parachute Training School[448]

Nepal[edit]

  • Special Forces (No.10 Brigade) (विशेष सेना (न। १० ब्रिगेड) - Viśēṣa Sēnā (na.10 Brigēḍa))[449]
    • 23rd Parachute Battalion "Shree Bhairavnath" (२३ प्यारासुट बटालियन "श्री भैरवनाथ" - 23 Pyārāsuṭa Baṭāliyana "Śrī Bhairavanātha")[450][451]
    • Special Forces Battalion "Shree Yuddha Bhairav" (विशेष सेना बटालियन "श्रीयुद्ध भैरव" - Viśēṣa Sēnā Baṭāliyana "Śrī Yud'dha Bhairava")[452]
  • Para Training School (प्यारा प्रशिक्षण स्कूल - Pyārā Praśikṣaṇa Skūla)[453]

Netherlands[edit]

Dutch paratrooper brevet
Dutch paratroopers jumping from a C-160

New Zealand[edit]

Nicaragua[edit]

  • Special Operations Command "Major General Pedro Altamirano [es]" (Comando de Operaciones Especiales "General de División Pedro Altamirano")[461][462]

Niger[edit]

Nigerien paratroopers training in 2007

Nigeria[edit]

Norway[edit]

Oman[edit]

  • Sultan of Oman's Parachute Regiment (سلطان فوج المظليين العماني - Sultan Fawj Alazaliiyn Aleumanii)[470]
  • Sultan's Special Force ( قوات السلطان الخاصة - Qawat al-Sultaniya al-Khasah)[471]

Pakistan[edit]

Pakistani paratroopers

Paraguay[edit]

  • Air Force
    • Airborne Brigade "Silvio Pettirossi" (Brigada Aerotransportada "Silvio Pettirossi")[478]
      • 1st Parachute Battalion (Batallón de Paracaidistas Nº 1)
      • Parachute Packing and Maintenance and Air Resupply Section (Sección Doblaje y Mantenimiento de Paracaídas y Abastecimiento Aéreo)[479]
      • Paratroopers School (Escuela de Paracaidistas)[480]
  • Inter-Services
    • Joint Special Forces Battalion (Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales)[481]
      • Special Operations Company (Compañia de Operaciones Especiales)[481]

Peru[edit]

  • Army
    • 1st Special Forces Brigade "Maj.General Gonzalo Briceño Zevallos" (1ª Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales "Gen.Div. Gonzalo Briceño Zevallos")[482]
      • 39th Special Forces Battalion "Colonel Juan Valer Sandoval [es]" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 39 "Coronel Juan Valer Sandoval")[483]
      • 40th Special Forces Battalion "Callao Guard [es]" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 40 "Guardia Chalaca")[484]
    • 3rd Special Forces Brigade (3ª Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales)[485]
      • 201st Special Forces Battalion "Colonel Guillermo Paz Bustamante" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 201 "Coronel Guillermo Paz Bustamante")[486]
      • 313rd Special Forces Battalion "Colonel Pablo Arguedas Hurtado [es]" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 313 "Coronel Pablo Arguedas Hurtado")[487]
    • 6th Special Forces Brigade "Pachacutec" (6ª Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales "Pachacutec")[488]
      • 613th Special Forces Battalion "Captain Ilich Montesinos Quiroz" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 613 "Capitán Ilich Montesinos Quiroz")
      • 623rd Special Forces Battalion "Lieutenant Gerardo Iturraran García" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 623 "Teniente Gerardo Iturraran García")
    • Army Paratrooper School (Escuela de Paracaidistas del Ejercito)[489]
  • Navy
    • Special Operations Force (Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales)[490]
  • Marine Corps
    • Commando Battalion "1st Lt. Leoncio Prado Gutierrez" (Batallón de Comandos "Teniente Primero Leoncio Prado Gutierrez")[491]
  • Air Force

Philippines[edit]

Philippine Marine Special Operations Group paratroopers

Poland[edit]

Polish paratroopers boarding an USAF plane

Portugal[edit]

Pathfinder of the Companhia de Percursores Aeroterrestres

Qatar[edit]

Romania[edit]

Romanian paratrooper brevet
  • Romanian Special Operations Forces Command (Comandamentul Forțelor pentru Operații Speciale")[527]
    • 51st Special Operations Battalion "Vulturii" (Batalionul 51 Operații Speciale "Vulturii")[528]
    • 52nd Special Operations Battalion "Băneasa-Otopeni" (Batalionul 52 Operații Speciale "Băneasa-Otopeni")[529]
    • 53rd Commando Battalion "Smaranda Brăescu" (Batalionul 630 Comando "Smaranda Brăescu")[530]
  • 313th Search Battalion "Burebista" (Batalionul 313 Cercetare "Burebista")[531]
  • 495th Parachute Battalion "Captain Ștefan Sovereth" (Batalionul 495 Parașutiști "Căpitan Ștefan Soverth")[532]
  • Training Center for ISR, Paratroopers, Special operations and JTAC "Major General Grigore Baştan [ro]" (Centrul de Instruire pentru ISR, Parașutiști, Operații Speciale și JTAC "General-maior Grigore Baștan")[533]

Russian Federation[edit]

Russian paratroopers in training, 2018
Parade at the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School "General V.F. Margelov", 2013

Rwanda[edit]

  • one Para Commando battalion[583]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

  • Paratroopers and Special Security Forces (وحدات المظليين وقوات الأمن الخاصة - Wahadat Almazaliiyn Waquwwat Al'amn Alkhasa)[584]
    • 1st Parachute Brigade[585]
      • 4th Parachute Infantry Battalion
      • 5th Parachute Infantry Battalion
    • ‎64th Special Forces Brigade [ar] (لواء القوات الخاصة الرابع والستون - Liwa' al-Quwwat al-Khasat alrrabie Walsutuwn)[586]
      • 85th Special Forces Battalion (الكتيبةالقوات الخاصة الخامسة والثمانون - Al-Ktybtalqwat al-Khasat al-Khamisat Walthamanun)[587]
    • Parachute Center and School (مركز ومدرسة المظليين - Markaz Wamadarisat al-Muzliiyn)[588]

Senegal[edit]

  • Parachute Battalion (Bataillon Parachutiste)[589][590]

Serbia[edit]

  • 63rd Parachute Brigade (63. Падобранска Бригада - 63. Padobranska Brigada),[591] including:
    • Parachute Training Company (Падобранска Чета за Обуку - Padobranska Četa za Obuku)[592]
    • Parachute Combat Search and Rescue Company (Падобранска Чета Борбеног Трагања и Спасавањ - Padobranska Četa Borbenog Traganja i Spasavanj)[592]
  • 72nd Brigade for Special Operations (72. Бригада за Специјалне Oперације - 72. Brigada za Specijalne Operacije)[593]

Seychelles[edit]

  • Special Forces Unit "Barracuda" (Unité des Forces Spéciales "Tazar")[595]

Singapore[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

Slovenia[edit]

South Africa[edit]

South Ossetia[edit]

Spain[edit]

Flag of the Spanish 6th Airborne Brigade

Sri Lanka[edit]

Sri Lankan Commandos on parade, 2012
  • Army
    • Special Forces[644]
      • 12th Special Forces Regiment (12 විශේෂ බලකා රෙජිමේන්තුව - 12 Viśēṣa Balakā Rejimēntuva)[645]
      • 13th Special Forces Regiment (13 විශේෂ බලකා රෙජිමේන්තුව - 13 Viśēṣa Balakā Rejimēntuva)
    • Commando Regiment[646]
      • 1st Commando Regiment (1 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 1 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva)
      • 2nd Commando Regiment (2 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 2 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva)
      • 3rd Commando Regiment (3 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 3 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva)
      • 4st Commando Regiment (4 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 4 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva)
      • Commando Training School Parachute Wing[647]
  • Navy
  • Air Force

Sudan[edit]

  • 9th Airborne Division[650]
    • two Airborne Brigades[650]
    • 144th Special Forces Battalion[650]

Suriname[edit]

  • Special Troops Corps (Korps Speciale Troepen)[651]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

Syria[edit]

Tajikistan[edit]

  • 7th Air Assault Brigade (Бригадаи 7-уми ҳамла ба десанти ҳавоӣ - Brigadai 7-umi Hamla ʙa Desanti Havoī)[659]

Tanzania[edit]

  • one Special Forces unit[660]

Thailand[edit]

  • Army
    • 31st Guards Infantry Regiment (กรมทหารราบที่ 31 รักษาพระองค์ - Krm Thh̄ār Rāb Thī̀ 31 Rạks̄ʹā Phraxngkh̒)[661]
      • 1st Infantry Battalion (กองพันทหารราบที่ 1 - Kxngphạn thh̄ār rāb thī̀ 1)
      • 2nd Infantry Battalion (กองพันทหารราบที่ 2 - Kxngphạn thh̄ār rāb thī̀ 2)
      • 3rd Infantry Battalion (กองพันทหารราบที่ 3 - Kxngphạn thh̄ār rāb thī̀ 3)
    • Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command (หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษ)
      • 1st Special Warfare Division (กองพลรบพิเศษที่ 1 - Kxngphl Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 1)[662]
        • 1st Special Warfare Regiment (กรมรบพิเศษที่ 1 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 1)
        • 2nd Special Warfare Regiment (กรมรบพิเศษที่ 2 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 2)
        • 3rd Special Warfare Regiment King's Guard (กรมรบพิเศษที่ 3 รักษาพระองค์ - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 3 Rạks̄ʹā Phraxngkh̒)[663]
        • 4th Special Warfare Regiment (กรมรบพิเศษที่ 4 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 4)
        • 5th Special Warfare Regiment (กรมรบพิเศษที่ 5 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 5)
  • Navy
    • Naval Special Warfare Command Battle Squadron (หน่วย บัญชาการ สงคราม พิเศษ ทาง เรืเรือ ยุทธการ - H̄ǹwy bạỵchākār s̄ngkhrām phiṣ̄es̄ʹ thāng reụ̄x kxng reụ̄x yuthṭhkār)[664]
    • RTMC Reconnaissance Battalion (กองพันลาดตระเวน กองพลนาวิกโยธิน)
  • Air Force

Togo[edit]

  • Parachute Commando Regiment (Régiment Parachutiste Commando)[N 10][666]

Transnistria[edit]

  • Special Puropose Battalion (Батальон Специального Назначения - Batal'on Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya)[N 11][667][668][669]

Tunisia[edit]

Turkey[edit]

Turkmenistan[edit]

  • 152nd Independent Air Assault Brigade (152-я отдельная воздушно-штурмовая бригада - 152-ya Otdel'naya Vozdushno-Shturmovaya Brigada)[680]

Uganda[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

Insignia of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Ukrainian paratrooper in parade dress

United Arab Emirates[edit]

  • Special Mission Unit of the Presidential Guard (وحدة المهام الخاصة - الحرس الرئاسي - Wahdat Almahami Alkhasat - Alharas Alriyasiu)[698]

United Kingdom[edit]

British paratrooper brevet
British paratroopers during Swift Response exercise 2016

United States[edit]

US Master Parachutist badge
Parachute artillerymen from the 4th IBCT

Uruguay[edit]

Army

  • 14th Parachute Infantry Battalion (Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista Nº14),[857] including:
    • Special Operations Company "Scorpion" (Compañía de Operaciones Especiales "Escorpión")[858]
    • Army Paratroopers and Special Operations Training Center (Centro de Instrucción de Paracaidistas y Operaciones Especiales del Ejército)[859][858]

Air Force

  • Special Operations Company (Compañía de Operaciones Especiales)[860]
  • Rescue Operations and Training Section (Seccion de Operaciones y Entrenamiento de Rescate)[861]

Uzbekistan[edit]

Venezuela[edit]

  • Army
    • 42nd Parachute Infantry Brigade (42 Brigada de Infantería Paracaidista)[863]
      • Brigade HQ
      • 421st Parachute Infantry Battalion "José Leonardo Chirino" (421 Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista "José Leonardo Chirino")
      • 422nd Parachute Infantry Battalion "Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño [es]" (422 Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista "Coronel Antonio Nicolás Briceño")
      • 423rd Parachute Infantry Battalion "Colonel Ramón García de Sena [es]" (423 Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista "Coronel Ramón García de Sena")
      • 4201st Parachute Headquarters Company (4201 Compañía de Comando Paracaidistas")
      • 4202nd Parachute Scout and Reconnaissance Company (4202 Compañía  de Exploración y Reconocimiento Paracaidistas)
      • 4203rd Parachute Supply and Transportation Company (4203 Compañía de Abastecimiento y Transporte Paracaidistas)
      • 4204th Parachute Signal Company (4204 Compañía de Comunicaciones Paracaidistas)
      • 4207th Parachute Engineers Company (4207 Compañía de Ingenieros Paracaidistas)
      • 4208th Packaging, Maintenance and Air Delivery Company (4208 Compañía de Empaque, Mantenimiento y Entrega Aérea)
      • 4209th Parachute Snipers Company (4209 Compañía de Francotiradores Paracaidistas)
      • 4210th Parachute Medical Company (4210 Compañía de Sanidad Paracaidistas)
    • Combat and Airborne Operations Training Center "Brigadier General Rafael Nogales Méndez" (Centro de Adiestriamento de Combate y de Operaciones Aerotransportadas "General de Brigada Rafael Nogales Méndez")[864]
  • Special Operations Command "General in Chief Félix Antonio Velásquez" (Comando de Operaciones Especiales "General en Jefe Félix Antonio Velásquez")[865][866]
    • Army
      • 99th Special Forces Brigade (99 Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales)[867]
        • 991st Special Forces Battalion "Colonel Domingo Montes" (991 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Coronel Domingo Montes")[868]
        • 992nd Special Forces Battalion "General in Chief José Gregorio Monagas" (992 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "General en Jefe José Gregorio Monagas")[869]
        • 993th Special Forces Battalion "Lieutenant Colonel Eliezer Otaiza Castillo" (993 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Teniente Coronel Eliezer Otaiza Castillo")[870]
    • Navy
      • 8th Marine Special Operations Brigade "Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda" (8 Brigada de Comandos del Mar "Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda")[871]
        • 81st Special Operations Battalion "Lieutenant Commander Henry Lilong García" (Batallón de Operaciones Especiales Nro. 81 "Capitán de Corbeta Henry Lilong García")[872]
    • Air Force
      • 20th Special Forces Group (Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales N.º 20)[864][873]
    • National Guard
      • Commando Operations Group (Grupo de Acciones de Comando)[874]

Vietnam[edit]

Zambia[edit]

Zimbabwe[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ a b De facto state with limited international recognition
  2. ^ De facto state with limited international recognition.
  3. ^ Underwater divers teams with additional paratrooper training, attached to each Engineer Regiment of the French Army
  4. ^ Two parachute companies. See International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. Taylor & Francis. p. 468. ISBN 9781032012278.
  5. ^ Mortars unit.
  6. ^ Two parachute companies. See International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. Taylor & Francis. p. 481. ISBN 9781032012278.
  7. ^ One Special Forces company. See International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. Taylor & Francis. p. 361. ISBN 9781032012278.
  8. ^ Also known as "Sunflowers" (Подсолнухи - Podsolnukhi)
  9. ^ Also known as "Over-the-fence", i.e Backwater, Outback, Nowhereland etc (Зазаборье - Zazabor'ye) or "Cuba" (Куба - Kuba)
  10. ^ Three Parachute Commandos companies. See International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. Taylor & Francis. p. 481. ISBN 9781032012278.
  11. ^ De facto state with limited international recognition.
  12. ^ a b c Permanent overseas holding unit, serving as provisional HQ element for the US Navy SEALs detachments assigned to its operational areas.
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