VDV

The VDV (from "Vozdushno-Desantnye Voiska", Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска = ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) is a military branch of service of the Russian Military, on par with the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Russian Space Forces. First formed before World War II, the force undertook two significant airborne operations and a number of smaller jumps during the war and for many years after 1945 was the largest airborne force in the world. The VDV appears in Battlefield 3.

Battlefield 3
The VDV appear in the mission Rock And A Hard Place and engage the Americans in order to stall time for Spetsnaz operatives Vladimir, Kirill and Dmitri Mayakovsky, who were attempting to capture the Russian Arms Dealer Kaffarov before the Americans.