11th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade

11th Guards Air Assault Brigade
11-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада
Active	1968–present
Country	Soviet Union (1968–1992)  Russia (1992–present)
Branch	Airborne Troops
Type	Airborne forces
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Ulan-Ude
Nickname(s)	"Black Brigade", "Ghosts", "Black Wolves"
Patron	St. Elijah the Prophet
Motto(s)	С любых высот в любое пекло! (From heights to Hell)
Commanders
Current commander	Guards Lt. Col. Vitaly Laskov
Insignia
Sleeve patch

The 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Russian: 11-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада) is an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based at Sosnovy Bor near Ulan Ude in Buryatia. The brigade was first formed in 1968 as the 11th Separate Air Assault Brigade and two of its helicopter regiments fought in the Soviet–Afghan War.^[1] The brigade formed in 1968 at Mogocha as the 11th Separate Airborne Brigade. In 1971 it became the 11th Air Assault Brigade. In 1988, the brigade became an airborne brigade again. It moved to Ulan Ude in May 1993. The brigade became an air assault brigade in 1998. The brigade received the Guards title in 2015.