Editing Russian Airborne Forces (section)

== Structure ==
[[File:Banner of the Russian Airborne Troops.png|thumb|Banner of the Airborne Forces Commander.]]
The Airborne Forces Command answers to the [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation]] and is responsible for the organization, development, training of the VDV, as well as the planning and implementation of operations involving VDV units. The Command includes the following senior officials, and the titles and the number of the deputy commanders have changed over the years, but as of June 2023 they include:

* Commander Airborne Forces – Colonel-General [[Mikhail Teplinsky]]
* Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander Airborne Forces – Lieutenant-General [[Anatoly Kontsevoy]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Peacekeeping Operations and [[Collective Rapid Reaction Force]]s – Lieutenant-General [[Andrei Kholzakov]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces – Major-General [[Nikolai Choban]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Airborne Training – Major-General [[Alexander Vyaznikov]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Armaments – Major-General [[Alexei Ragozin]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Combat Training – Major-General [[Sergei Volyk]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Military-Political Work – Major-General [[Viktor Kupshichin]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Material-Technical Support - Major-General [[Nariman Timergazin]]
* Deputy Commander Airborne Forces for Construction and Quartering – Major-General [[Leonid Shevchenko (general)|Leonid Shevchenko]]

===Organization===
[[File:Russian Airborne Forces.png|thumb|center|640px|The structure of the Russian Airborne Forces (pre-2022)]]

The Air Landing Forces combine Parachute Landing (''парашютно-десантные'') and Landing Assault (''десантно-штурмовые'') units. The difference between the two is that while both were airborne qualified and mechanised with BMD, BTR-D, [[2S9 Nona]], the parachute landing units are lighter (only quarter mechanised) and play the role of entry element, while landing assault units were fully mechanised and were intended to develop the breach opened by the parachute landing forces.<ref>{{cite web|title=Десантно-штурмовые войска|url=http://ogorin.ru/-history-/air-assault-troops.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=ogorin.ru}}</ref>

[[File:Victory Day Parade 2008-9.jpg|thumb|Paratroopers at the [[2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade]]]]
[[File:VDV Day 90th anniversary 02.jpg|thumb|Airborne Forces commander [[Andrey Serdyukov]] in front of [[Spasskaya Bashnya]] on [[Paratroopers' Day]] in 2020]]
[[File:AirborneExerciseInBrest2018-68.jpg|thumb|The VDV has a close working relationship with the Belarusian [[38th Guards Air Assault Brigade]]]]
[[File:The Airborne Troops presented a unique concert program at the Spasskaya Tower festival 03.jpg|thumb|The combined band]]

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! colspan=10 style="width: 350px;"| Composition of the Russian Airborne Forces 2024
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|[[File:Great emblem of the command of the Russian Airborne Troops.svg|25px]] 
|'''Airborne Forces Command'''
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|[[Moscow]]
|Commander Col. Gen. [[Mikhail Teplinsky]]
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|[[File:38ОПС.png|25px]] 
|[[38th Guards Communications Brigade|38th Guards Command and Control Brigade]]
|54164
|[[Shchyolkovsky District|Shchyolkovo]], [[Moscow Oblast]]
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|-
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|150th Repair and Overhaul Battalion 
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|[[Orekhovo-Zuyevo]], Moscow Oblast
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|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School.svg|25px]] 
|[[Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School]]
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|[[Ryazan]], [[Ryazan Oblast]]
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|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the Ulyanovsk Guards Suvorov Military School.svg|25px]]
|[[Suvorov Military School|Ulyanovsk Guards Suvorov Military School]]
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|[[Ulyanovsk]], [[Ulyanovsk Oblast]]
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|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 242nd Training Centre.svg|25px]] 
|[[242nd Training Centre]]
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|[[Omsk]], [[Omsk Oblast]]
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|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the Omsk Cadet Corps.svg|25px]]
|[[Cadet Corps (Russia)|Omsk Cadet Corps]]
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|Omsk, Omsk Oblast
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|-
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|309th Center for Specialized Parachute Training<ref>{{cite web|title=309 цспп ВДВ (цспк, цсфп) — Десантура.ру|url=https://desantura.ru/ru/catalog/unit90524/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=desantura.ru}}</ref>
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|Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast
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|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:Great emblem of the 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment.svg|31x31px]]<br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:1141st Artillery Regiment.png|25px]]
|'''[[7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division]]'''
*[[56th Guards Air Assault Brigade|56th Guards Air Assault Regiment]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Новикова|first=Екатерина|date=March 25, 2021|title=Шойгу сообщил о создании нового полка ВДВ в Крыму|url=https://iz.ru/1142141/2021-03-25/shoigu-soobshchil-o-sozdanii-novogo-polka-vdv-v-krymu|website=Известия}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Козаченко|first=Алексей|date=2021-12-01|title=Допрыгались. Россия усилила военную группировку в Крыму полком ВДВ|url=https://aif.ru/society/army/doprygalis_rossiya_usilila_voennuyu_gruppirovku_v_krymu_polkom_vdv|access-date=2022-01-31|website=aif.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
*[[108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment]]
*[[247th Guards Air Assault Regiment]]
*[[1141st Guards Artillery Regiment]]
*[[3rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]]
|61756
*unknown
*42091
*54801
*40515
*94021
| [[Novorossiysk]], [[Krasnodar Krai]]
*[[Feodosia]], [[Crimea]] 
*Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai
*[[Stavropol]], Krasnodar Krai
*[[Anapa]], Krasnodar Krai
*Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai
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|-
|
|'''[[44th Air Assault Division]]'''<ref name="CriticalThreats" />
* [[111th Motorized Rifle Regiment]]
* [[387th Motorized Rifle Regiment]]
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|[[Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporozhye Oblast]]
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|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 234th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:237th air assault regiment.png|25px]]<br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment.svg|25px]]
|'''[[76th Guards Air Assault Division]]'''
*[[104th Guards Air Assault Regiment]]
*[[234th Guards Air Assault Regiment]]
*[[237th Guards Air Assault Regiment]]
*[[1140th Guards Artillery Regiment]]
*[[4th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]]
|07264
*32515
*74268
*12865
*45377
*unknown
|[[Pskov]], [[Pskov Oblast]]
*[[Cheryokha]], Pskov Oblast
*Pskov, Pskov Oblast
*Pskov, Pskov Oblast
*Pskov, Pskov Oblast
*unknown
|
|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 98th Guards Airborne Division.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 217th Guards Parachute Landing Regiment.svg|25px]]<br> <br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:1065 AP VSRF 3.png|25px]]
|'''[[98th Guards Airborne Division]]'''
*[[217th Guards Airborne Regiment]] 
*[[299th Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[331st Guards Airborne Regiment]] 
*[[1065th Guards Artillery Regiment]]
*[[5th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]]
|65451
*62295
*unknown
*71211
*62297
*unknown
|[[Ivanovo]], [[Ivanovo Oblast]]
*Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast
*unknown
*[[Kostroma]], [[Kostroma Oblast]]
*Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast
*Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast
|
|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 104th Guards Air Assault Division.svg|25px]]
|'''[[104th Guards Airborne Division]]'''
*[[328th Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[337th Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment|345th Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]] 
*[[1180th Artillery Regiment]]
|73612
*01011
*51854
*33702
*55256
*02364
|Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast
*
*
*
|
|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 106th Guards Airborne Division.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:Great emblem of the 51st Guards Airborne Regiment.svg|25px]]<br> <br>[[File:Sleeve patch of the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment.svg|25px]]<br>[[File:1182nd Artillery Regiment.png|25px]]
|'''[[106th Guards Airborne Division]]'''
*[[51st Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[119th Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[137th Guards Airborne Regiment]]
*[[1182nd Guards Artillery Regiment]]
*[[1st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment]]
|55599
*33842
*unknown
*41450
*93723
*71298
|[[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Tula Oblast]]
*Tula, Tula Oblast
*unknown
*Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast
*[[Naro-Fominsk]], [[Moscow Oblast]]
*Naro-Fominsk, [[Moscow Oblast]]
|
|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade.svg|25px]]
|'''[[11th Guards Airborne Brigade]]'''
|32364
|[[Ulan-Ude]], [[Buryatia]]
|
|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 45th Guards Spetznaz Brigade.svg|25px]]
|'''[[45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade]]'''
|28337
|[[Kubinka]], Moscow Oblast
|
|-
|
|'''[[52nd Artillery Brigade (Russia)|52nd Artillery Brigade]]'''<ref name="CriticalThreats" />
|
|
|
|-
|[[File:Great emblem of the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade.svg|25px]]
|'''[[83rd Guards Airborne Brigade]]'''
|71289
|[[Ussuriysk]], [[Primorsky Krai]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[91st Mobile Material-Technical Support Brigade]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=В Тульской области вновь сформировали 91-ю отдельную бригаду МТО ВДВ |trans-title=91st separate MTO VDV brigade formed again in Tula Oblast |date=1 December 2024 |url=https://tulapressa.ru/2024/12/v-tulskoj-oblasti-vnov-sformirovali-91-yu-otdelnuyu-brigadu-mto-vdv/ |work=Tulapressa.ru}}</ref>
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|Tula Oblast
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|}