71st Airmobile Brigade (Greece)

71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade "Pontos"
71η Αερομεταφερόμενη Ταξιαρχία Πεζικού "Πόντος"
Formation flag of the 71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade
Active
  • 1940–41, 1945–94 (71st Infantry Regiment)
  • 1995–2001 (71st Infantry Brigade)
  • 2001–2009 (71st Airmobile Brigade)
  • 2009–present (71st Airmobile Brigade "Pontos")
Country Greece
Branch Hellenic Army
TypeAirmobile infantry
RoleAir assault
Airlift
Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-tank warfare
Artillery observer
Bomb disposal
CBRN defense
Close air support
Close-quarters combat
Cold-weather warfare
Counter-battery fire
Demining
Desert warfare
Fire support
Forward air control
HUMINT
Indirect fire
Maneuver warfare
Medical evacuation
Military engineering
Mountain warfare
Patrolling
Raiding
Reconnaissance
SIGINT
Tactical communications
Tactical emergency medical services
Tracking
Urban warfare
SizeBrigade
Part of1st Infantry Division
NATO Response Force
Balkan Battlegroup
Garrison/HQNea Santa (Macedonia)
Motto(s)On the wings of the winds
Επί πτερύγων ανέμων
Epi Pterigon Anemon
EquipmentEquipment
Website71st Airmobile Brigade "Pontos"
Soldiers of the 71st Airmobile Brigade of the Hellenic Army (2007)

The 71st Airmobile Brigade "Pontus" (Greek: 71η Αερομεταφερόμενη Ταξιαρχία «Πόντος», 71 A/M ΤΑΞ) is an airmobile infantry brigade of the Hellenic Army. The brigade was established after the reorganization of the 71st Infantry Brigade to an air assault formation. Members of the Brigade wear the red beret.

It is a part of the NATO Response Force (NRF) and of the HELBROC BG.