The 152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion, known simply as the Airborne Forces of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Howa Desant Goşunlary) is the official paratrooper unit of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan.

[3][4][5][6] The unit descends from the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Soviet Airborne.

[7] After returning from service in Afghanistan during Operation Magistral,[8] the brigade crossed the border in June 1988 into the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, during the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan,[9] being based out of Ýolöten.

The 152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion was stationed in the city of Ýolöten until the spring of 2003 when it was redeployed.

[14] In 2016, Senior Lieutenant Jahan Yazmuhammedova became the first female paratrooper in the Armed Forces when she joined the unit.