55th Airborne Brigade
55th Airborne Brigade | |
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Tippe 55 Hawābord | |
![]() The official insignia of 55th Airborne Brigade | |
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Branch | ![]() |
Type | Airborne |
Role | Airborne infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | ![]() |
Garrison/HQ | Shiraz, Fars Province |
Engagements | Iran–Iraq War
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Commanders | |
Current commander | Zabihollah Bahmanziari |
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: تیپ ۵۵ هوابرد, romanized: Tīp-e 55-e Havābord) is an airborne separate brigade of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army based in Shiraz, Fars Province.[1]
References[]
- ^ "فرمانده تیپ 55 هوابرد شیراز:پیام ما برای جهان، پیام صلح است". Fars News Agency. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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- Military units and formations of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
- Airborne infantry brigades
- Shiraz
- Parachuting in Iran
- Airborne units and formations of Iran
- Military unit and formation stubs
- Iranian military stubs