INTERNATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS
Our motto 'INTERNATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IAO)' stands for an organisation exclusively providing worldwide Airborne training operations and military training of various kinds.
International understanding is fostered by IAO through the exchange of friendship and the sharing of unique personal experiences among Airborne Units from all over the world.
INTERNATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS is an international organization that is registered in Germany. Our aim is to support friendship and mutual understanding among paratroopers from every nation by planning and conducting joint airborne events and training operations. In addition to that we organize tactical training units and other kind of operations for the same reason.
IAO was found in 2007 as the successor organization of Fallschirmjaeger Gruppe e.V. found in 2003. Staff members of Fallschirmjaeger Group and IAO could take advantage of their broad knowledge and good connections to various airborne and special forces units in many countries.
IAO has been conducting more than 100 of successful events in the past 23 years. IAO has participated in, organized, conducted or led delegations to dozens of Airborne operations hosted by famous Airborne Schools like Brize Norton/ UK, Ft. Bragg/ USA, Altenstadt/ Germany, Schaffen/ Belgium, Tancos/ Portugal, Aspropyrgos/ Greece, Wroclaw/ Poland, Tel Nov/ Israel,, Cairo/ Egypt, Kathmandu/ Nepal and in Thailand at Lop Buri (RT Army/ SF), Don Mueang (RT Air Force), Sattahip (RT Navy/ Marine Corps) and Cha Am (RT Police) as well with renowned Special Forces and Parachute Units or Associations.
During these events we were able to provide unique and indulging experiences to our participants as well as great opportunities for the host units to represent themselves among an international audience. All in all our joint operations provide a solid basement for international exchange and cooperation.
Behind INTERNATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS stands a very experienced staff organization.
Staff
The IAO Staff actually consists of some 40 members. All staff members are freelancers. Nearly all of them are active or reserved CO’s and NCO’s of their national Armed Forces or Police, some are instructors and/or jumpmasters of their national Special Forces and Airborne units. They represent INTERNATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS in Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Finland, Switzerland, UK, USA, Canada, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, China and Bangladesh.
The IAO Staff is organized as followed:
a) Head office:
The Head office is located in Thailand. It is responsible for overall planning, financial issues, registration and merchandising.
b) Regional and National represents:
The regional and national represents are divided into 4 regional subdivisions. These are:
- Team Europe (TEU)
- Team America (TAM)
- Team Asia/ Pacific (TASPAC)
- Team Africa (TAF)
The regional subdivisions (Teams) are coordinated and lead by the Head office.