The 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment is a regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It was first formed in 1973 as the 21st Air Assault
Soldiers of the regiment during a tactical exercise in Stavropol Krai, 2018
Tactical exercise of the 247th Guards Airborne Regiment on January 17, 2018.
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The Russian Airborne Forces is the airborne separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a rapid response force and strategic reserve that is under the President of Russia, reporting directl
247th Guards Air Assault Regiment
…The 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Russian: 247-й гвардейский десантно-штурмовой Кавказский казачий полк) is a regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It was first formed in 1973 as the 21st Air Assault Brigade and was transferred to the…
Russian paratroopers on patrol in Bosnia as members of the Implementation Force, 1996
A VDV paratrooper and a US Army soldier in Bosnia, 1996
Paratroopers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in Kazakhstan, 1999
VDV spetsnaz in Georgia during the Russo-Georgian War, 2008