26th Airborne Brigade (Bundeswehr)

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26th (Saarland) Airborne Brigade
Luftlandebrigade 26 "Saarland"
Formation sign of 26th (Saarland) Airborne Brigade
Active	1958–2015
Country	Germany
Allegiance	Bundeswehr
Branch	German Army
Type	Intervention force brigade
Size	~ 3500
Part of	Special Operations Division
Headquarters	Saarlouis
Nickname(s)	Saarlandbrigade
Engagements	Somalian Civil War Bosnian Civil War Kosovo War Afghanistan War Operation Harekate Yolo I Operation Oqab
Commanders
Commander	Brigadegeneral Eberhard Zorn

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. The Brigade is also called the Saarland Brigade as almost all its troops are stationed in the federal state of Saarland. Other elements are based in Rhineland-Palatinate. 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 was previously part of the 1st Airborne Division alongside the 25th and 27th Luftlande Brigades.