Paratrooper Company

This article is about the Peruvian military unit. For the general topic, see paratrooper. For other military companies, see List of paratrooper forces.
Historic Company "72nd Paratrooper Squadron"
Members of the unit marching in Lima
Active1939 – present
Country Peru
BranchPeruvian Air Force
TypeLight infantry
Airborne infantry
Garrison/HQLas Palmas Air Base
EngagementsEcuadorian–Peruvian War
CommanderCpt. Augusto Duarte Colichón
2nd Lt. Jesús Polar Valdivia

The Historic Company "72nd Paratrooper Squadron" (Spanish: Compañía Histórica "72 Escuadrilla de Paracaidistas"), formerly simply the Paratrooper Company (Spanish: Compañía de Paracaidistas), is the paratroop branch of the Peruvian Air Force, based in Las Palmas Air Base.

Formed in 1939, it saw combat during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, when it seized the Ecuadorian port city of Puerto Bolívar on 27 July 1941, marking the first time in the Americas that airborne troops were used in combat.


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