| Airborne Forces of Turkmenistan | |
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| Türkmenistanyň Howa Desant Goşunlary | |
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| Active | 1994 |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Branch |  Turkmen Ground Forces |
| Type | Air assault |
| Part of | Ministry of Defense |
| Garrison/HQ | Mary[1] |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Captain Serdar Bayriyev[2] |
| Notable commanders | Major Serdar Tuvaev |
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| Patch |  |
The 152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion, known simply as the Airborne Forces of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Howa Desant Goşunlary) is the official paratrooper unit of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan.[3][4][5][6]
History
The unit descends from the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Soviet Airborne. The brigade itself descends from the 105th Guards Vienna Airborne Division.[7] After returning from service in Afghanistan during Operation Magistral,[8] the brigade crossed the border in June 1988 into the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, during the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan,[9] being based out of Ýolöten.[10][11] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the brigade was withdrawn to the Russian Federation. Despite this, its 4th battalion remained in Ýolöten. This battalion was included in the structure of the formed Turkmen Ground Forces. On 15 December 1994, the 4th Battalion, 5th DSB was dissolved and renamed given its current name. The 152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion was stationed in the city of Ýolöten until the spring of 2003 when it was redeployed.[12] The battalion is currently (as of 2005) based at the 99th Mary-2 Air Base.[13] In April 2010, personnel from the battalion took part in the Galkan-2010 exercises.[14] In 2016, Senior Lieutenant Jahan Yazmuhammedova became the first female paratrooper in the Armed Forces when she joined the unit.[15]
References
- ↑ "82nd Dagestan Infantry Regiment. Armies of the world. Armed Forces of Turkmenistan. Air Force and Air Defense Forces".
- ↑ "Watana wepaly - bagtly maşgala".
- ↑ "Военно-политическая обстановка в Каспийском регионе ч2 (2009) - Туркменистан - По странам - Статьи - Fact Military".
- ↑ "Список специальных подразделений государств мира".
- ↑ "Turkmenistan - Army Order of Battle". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ↑ "Country Profile: Turkmenistan" (PDF). marines.mil. Library of Congress - Federal Research Division. February 2007.
- ↑ Соловьев, Денис (2020-12-29). Воздушно-десантные войска – элита России. Никто кроме нас (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-321888-9.
- ↑ "56-ой гв. десантно-штурмовой полк (бригада) - История бригады (полка)" [56th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Brigade) - History Brigade (Regiment)]. polk56.my1.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ↑ Dawisha, Karen; Parrott, Bruce (1994-01-28). Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45895-5.
- ↑ "56-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая ордена Отечественной войны Донская казачья бригада" [56th separate Guards Airborne Assault Order of the Patriotic War Don Cossack Brigade]. structure.mil.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ↑ "История части". rsva-ural.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ↑ "Братишки,поздравляю вас с днем воздушно-десантных... | Интересный контент в группе Дорогие мои сослуживцы (Туркмения)".
- ↑ "Туркменистан — Десантура.ру - Туркменистан". desantura.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ↑ "Spring military-tactical exercise \"Shield-2010\" held in Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan.ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ↑ goşun, Milli. "Ilkinji zenan desantçy". Milli goşun (in Turkmen). Retrieved 2020-12-24.