The 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade arrived from Germany in April 1991, and was taken over by Kazakhstan in 1992 in accordance with the establishment of the Kazakh military in May of that year.

Also inherited from the Soviet airborne was the 5204th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment near Karaganda (the remnants of a motor rifle division[3]).

One of which was left near Karaganda, and another called 2nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade and was relocated 200 kilometers to the north of Nur-Sultan, which by that time was the capital, and for that reason ought to have a decent court garrison.

Kazbat-2 is designed to participate in peacekeeping operations within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

The last such exercise called "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2015" took place two months ago at the Marshal Baghramyan training ground in Armenia.

[21] The KAZBAT is the main Kazakh peacekeeping military unit, falling under the Airmobile Force's KAZBRIG.

[22] Troops of the Air Assault Forces traditionally wear a sky blue beret and blue-striped telnyashka, following the Russian precedent.