This collection summarizes the experience of training and combat use of units and subunits of the Airborne Forces in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus from August 1999 to April 2000. The materials of the collection contain an analysis of the composition of the forces and means involved, the organization of training, methods of conducting hostilities against illegal armed groups in the mountainous terrain of the North Caucasus region and developed recommendations for optimizing the tactics of action and the organizational and staffing structure of units and subunits.