152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion
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| unit_name = Airborne Forces of Turkmenistan
| native_name = Türkmenistanyň Howa Desant Goşunlary
| image = File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (26).jpg
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| country = {{flag|Turkmenistan}}
| type = Air assault
| branch = {{army|Turkmenistan}}
| dates = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1994}}
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| command_structure = {{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Ministry of Defense
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| garrison = Mary{{Cite web|url=https://homele.ru/en/electrician/82-i-pehotnyi-dagestanskii-polk-armii-mira-vooruzhennye-sily/|title = 82nd Dagestan Infantry Regiment. Armies of the world. Armed Forces of Turkmenistan. Air Force and Air Defense Forces}}
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| commander1 = Captain Serdar Bayriyev{{Cite web|url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/watana-wepaly-bagtly-masgala-fFi4mTeEUs|title = Watana wepaly - bagtly maşgala}}
| notable_commanders = Major Serdar Tuvaev
| identification_symbol = 175px
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The 152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion, known simply as the Airborne Forces of Turkmenistan ({{langx|tk|Türkmenistanyň Howa Desant Goşunlary}}) is the official paratrooper unit of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan.{{Cite web|url=http://factmil.com/publ/strana/turkmenistan/voenno_politicheskaja_obstanovka_v_kaspijskom_regione_ch2/157-1-0-562|title = Военно-политическая обстановка в Каспийском регионе ч2 (2009) - Туркменистан - По странам - Статьи - Fact Military}}{{Cite web|url=http://sos-for-you.com/spisok-specialnyh-podrazdeleniy-gos|title = Список специальных подразделений государств мира}}{{Cite web|title=Turkmenistan - Army Order of Battle|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/turkmen-army-orbat.htm|access-date=2020-12-25|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}{{cite web |title=Country Profile: Turkmenistan |url=https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/Turkmenistan%20Profile.pdf |website=marines.mil |publisher=Library of Congress - Federal Research Division |date=February 2007}}
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.{{Cite book|last=Соловьев|first=Денис|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGEREAAAQBAJ&q=2-%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0+(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB)+%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB+%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD.&pg=PT222|title=Воздушно-десантные войска – элита России. Никто кроме нас|date=2020-12-29|publisher=Litres|isbn=978-5-04-321888-9|language=ru}} After returning from service in Afghanistan during Operation Magistral,{{Cite web|title=56-ой гв. десантно-штурмовой полк (бригада) - История бригады (полка)|trans-title=56th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Brigade) - History Brigade (Regiment)|url=http://polk56.my1.ru/index/0-2|accessdate=2015-11-07|website=polk56.my1.ru|language=ru}} the brigade crossed the border in June 1988 into the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, during the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan,{{Cite book|last1=Dawisha|first1=Karen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8P3pOV4CWJsC&q=Airborne+Forces+Turkmenistan&pg=PA253|title=Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval|last2=Parrott|first2=Bruce|date=1994-01-28|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-45895-5|language=en}} being based out of Ýolöten.{{Cite web|title=56-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая ордена Отечественной войны Донская казачья бригада|trans-title=56th separate Guards Airborne Assault Order of the Patriotic War Don Cossack Brigade|url=http://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/airborne/structure/details.htm?id=11752@egOrganization|accessdate=2015-11-06|website=structure.mil.ru|language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=История части|url=http://rsva-ural.ru/library/mbook.php?id=508|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062218/http://rsva-ural.ru/library/mbook.php?id=508|archive-date=2015-12-08|accessdate=2015-11-06|website=rsva-ural.ru}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://ok.ru/group55290467385367/topic/67623220401431|title=Братишки,поздравляю вас с днем воздушно-десантных... | Интересный контент в группе Дорогие мои сослуживцы (Туркмения)}} The battalion is currently (as of 2005) based at the 99th Mary-2 Air Base.{{Cite web|title=Туркменистан — Десантура.ру - Туркменистан|url=https://desantura.ru/tm/|access-date=2020-12-25|website=desantura.ru}} In April 2010, personnel from the battalion took part in the Galkan-2010 exercises.{{Cite web|title=Spring military-tactical exercise \"Shield-2010\" held in Turkmenistan {{!}} Turkmenistan.ru|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/8574|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.turkmenistan.ru}} In 2016, Senior Lieutenant Jahan Yazmuhammedova became the first female paratrooper in the Armed Forces when she joined the unit.{{Cite web|last=goşun|first=Milli|title=Ilkinji zenan desantçy|url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/ilkinji-zenan-desantcy-WA3Pje1HHL|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Milli goşun|language=tk}}
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