55th Airborne Brigade

55th Airborne Brigade
Tippe 55 Hawābord
The official insignia of 55th Airborne Brigade
Country  Iran
Branch Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Type Airborne
Role Airborne operations
Size Brigade
Part of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Garrison/HQ Shiraz, Fars Province
Engagements

Iran–Iraq War

Commanders
Current
commander		 Nowzar Nemati
Paratroopers wait at Shiraz Air Base to board a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraftfor a training mission during Exercise CENTO on 1 August 1977

55th Airborne Brigade of Shiraz (Persian: Tippe 55 Hawābord‎; Tīp-e 55-e Havābord) is an airborne special separate brigade of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army based in Shiraz, Fars Province.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "فرمانده تیپ 55 هوابرد شیراز:پیام ما برای جهان، پیام صلح است". Fars News Agency. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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