Soviet Airborne Forces
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The Soviet Airborne Forces, or VDV, was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed before the Second World War, the VDV undertook two significant airborne operations and a numbe
Shoulder patch of the Soviet Airborne Forces, 1969–1991
A group of parachutists Ya.D. Moshkovsky (far left) before the landing on August 2, 1930
Soviet paratroopers deploy from a Tupolev TB-3 in 1930
Kiev maneuvers in 1935. Collecting paratroopers after landing
Russian Airborne Forces
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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
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