260 Airborne Recce Company (Luftlandeaufklärungskomppanie 260) 260 Airborne Engineer Company (Luftlandepionierkompanie 260) Paratrooper Battalion 261 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261) 262 Airborne Support Battalion (Luftandeunterstützungsbataillon 262) Paratrooper Battalion 263 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263) 270 Airborne Engineer Company (Luftlandepionierkompanie 270) 26th (Saarland) Airborne Brigade (German: Luftlandebrigade 26 "Saarland") is a formation in the Special Operations Division of the German Army with a strength of about 3,500 men and its brigade headquarters in Saarlouis.

Most of the 26th Airborne Brigade belongs to the intervention forces of the Bundeswehr, and the formation therefore provides the overwhelming proportion of paratroopers and airborne troops for the intervention forces of the Army.

The Brigade motto is: Einsatzbereit – jederzeit – weltweit ("Ready for action - anytime - worldwide").

The Brigade greeting is "Glück ab".

The brigade commanders were (rank on takeover):