80th Air Assault Brigade (Ukraine)

80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade
80-та окрема десантно-штурмова Галицька бригада
Sleeve patch of the Brigade
Active	1954 – present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Role	Air assault forces
Garrison/HQ	Lviv, Lviv oblast
Motto(s)	No one but us!
Anniversaries	19 December (formation)
Engagements	Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Operation Iraqi Freedom War in Donbass 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Bakhmut[1] 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery
Website	https://www.facebook.com/80brigade
Commanders
Current commander	Col. Ihor Skybyuk

The 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade (Ukrainian: 80-та окрема десантно-штурмова Галицька бригада; 80 ОДШБр);^[2] Military Unit Number A0284)^[3] is an airmobile formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. The brigade traces its history back to the 80th Airborne Regiment of the Soviet Union, formed in 1955 as part of the Soviet airborne's 7th Guards Airborne Division. Four years later, the regiment transferred to the 104th Guards Airborne Division. It participated in Operation Whirlwind in 1956 and Operation Danube in 1968. In 1979, the regiment was disbanded and used to form the 39th and 40th Separate Air Assault Brigades of the Soviet Army. The 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade became the 224th Training Center after transfer back to the Soviet airborne in 1990. The training center was taken over by Ukraine in 1992 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and became the 6th Separate Airmobile Brigade in 1995. In 1999, the brigade was reorganized into the 80th Airmobile Regiment, part of the 13th Army Corps.^[4] In 2013, the regiment was upgraded and became a brigade. The brigade fought in the War in Donbass, and was redesignated as an air assault brigade in 2015.