106th Guards Airborne Division
The 106th Guards Tula Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Airborne Division, more generally referred to as the Tula Division, is one of the four airborne divisions of the Russian Airborne Troops, the VDV. Based in the city of Tula, to the south of Moscow, it is administratively located within the Western Military District. в/ч 55599
Paratroopers from the Tula Division stand to attention during an exercise in Kazakhstan.
Paratrooper during a 2011 military exercise in Ryazan Oblast
BMD-2s with paratroopers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division
The Russian Airborne Forces is the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units of the Soviet Airborne Forces that came under Russian control following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Russian paratroopers at Tuzla Air Base in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1997 as members of the Stabilization Force.
Paratroopers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in Kazakhstan in 1999.
Paratroopers of the 83rd Airborne Brigade preparing for jump drills in 2017.
Paratroopers at the 2008 Victory Day parade.