Vertical envelopment
Variants of the air mobile warfare tactics used in Africa included the Rhodesian Fireforce and the Portuguese heliborne-horseborne forces cooperation.

Bangladesh Liberation War (1971): Meghna Heli Bridge was an aerial operation of Indian and Bangladeshi allied forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. It took place on 9 December, when the Indian Air Force airlifted the Mukti Bahini and the IV Corps of the Indian Army from Brahmanbaria to Raipura in Narsingdi over the River Meghna, bypassing the destroyed Meghna Bridge and Pakistani defences in Ashuganj.

Post Cold War: In the United States Army, the air assault mission is the primary role of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). This unit is a division-sized helicopter-borne fighting force. 101st Airborne Division soldiers attend the Sabalauski Air Assault School. Graduates are qualified to insert and extract using fast rope and rappel means from a hover in addition to the ordinary walk on and off from an airlanded helicopter.
In addition, all U.S. Marine Corps divisions are capable of, and routinely train for and perform, air assault operations. Forward-deployed Marine Corps infantry battalions/regiments (reinforced, organized, and designated as Battalion Landing Teams/Regimental Combat Teams, or BLTs and RCTs, respectively), form the Ground Combat Element (GCE) of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), or Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB). These MEUs and MEBs are capable of embarking aboard amphibious warships and include air assault as one of several means of conducting amphibious landing operations, supported by embarked Marine Corps tilt-rotor, helicopter, and STOVL fixed-wing strike aircraft.
The 10th Mountain Division Light Infantry has a limited capability to perform air assault operations. On September 19, 1994, the 1st Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division conducted the Army's first air assault from an aircraft carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, as part of Operation Uphold Democracy. This force consisted of 54 helicopters and almost 2,000 soldiers. This was the Army's largest operation from an aircraft carrier since the Doolittle Raid of World War II
The 16th Air Assault Brigade of the British Army is the UK's main air assault body. It comprises units of paratroopers from the Parachute Regiment and light infantry units trained in helicopter insertion, as well as light tanks and artillery.
Britain's 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines are also highly experienced in air assault, both for boarding ships and in land attacks, see article above.

Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Antonov Airport was an operation during the opening days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine where the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) attempted an air assault in order to capture Hostomel Airport, in order to use the airport to airlift troops and heavy equipment directly into Kyiv. The VDV was initially able to capture the airport, but without artillery or armored support they were not able to handle a counter-attack started by local Ukrainian forces. The airport was captured only on the second day by a second air assault combined with an armored push from ground troops.
A simultaneous air assault was attempted at Vasylkiv, where VDV paratroopers attempted to seize the Vasylkiv Air Base but the attack was repelled.

List of air assault forces/units: Argentina
601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
 Brazil
12th Light Infantry Brigade (Airmobile)
 Colombia
División de aviación asalto aéreo (DAVAA)
Brigada de aviación 25
Brigada no. 32 de aviación ejercito
Brigada contra el narcotrafico
Brigada de fuerzas especiales
Batallon de operaciones especiales de aviación
 France
4th Airmobile Brigade
11th Parachute Brigade
 Germany/  Netherlands
 Germany Rapid Forces Division
 Germany Air Assault Brigade 1
 Netherlands 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade [Combined with the helicopters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, they form the 11 Air Manoeuvre Brigade (11 AMB)]
 Greece
71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade
5th Airmobile Infantry Brigade
 Iran
Nedsa marines
Sepah Quds
 Italy
Friuli Air Assault Brigade
Folgore Parachute Brigade
 Indonesia
Raider Infantry Battalions
Paskhas
 Japan
12th
Brigade (Air Assault)
 Kazakhstan
Kazakh Air Assault Forces
 Lebanon
Lebanese Air Assault Regiment (Lebanon)
 Malaysia

10th Parachute Brigade (Malaysia)
 Pakistan
Light Commando Battalions (LCBs)
 Poland
25th Air Cavalry Brigade
 Portugal
Rapid Reaction Brigade
 Romania
495th Paratrooper Battalion "Căpitan Ștefan Soverth"
 Russia
76th Guards Air Assault Division
 South Africa
44 Parachute Regiment (1999 to present)
6 South African Infantry Battalion
 People's Republic of China
One brigade under each combined corps
 Republic of China (Taiwan)
ROC Army Aviation and Special Forces Command (陸軍航空特戰指揮部)
Special Operations Command (特戰指揮部 )
1st Special Operations Battalion "Might" (特戰第一營 "威")
2nd Special Operations Battalion "Dare" (特戰第二營 "敢")
3rd Special Operations Battalion "Firm" (特戰第三營 "剛")
4th Special Operations Battalion "Fierce" (特戰第四營 "猛")
5th Special Operations Battalion "Strong" (特戰第五營 "強")
601st Aviation Brigade (航空六〇一旅)
602nd Aviation Brigade (航空六〇二旅)
Aviation Training Command (飛行訓練指揮部) - 603rd Aviation Brigade (航空六〇三旅)
 Singapore
Guards
 Spain
7th Light (Air-transportable) Infantry Brigade
 Sri Lanka
Air Mobile Brigade
Sri Lanka Commando Regiment
 Sweden
31st Airborne Battalion
 Syria
14th Special Forces Division
15th Special Forces Division
 Thailand
1st Special Forces Division (1st SFD)
Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols Company (LRRP)
Royal Thai Navy SEALs
RECON
Special Operations Regiment (SOR)
 Ukraine
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
95th Airmobile Brigade
79th Airmobile Brigade
80th Airmobile Regiment
28th Training Battalion
 United Kingdom
16 Air Assault Brigade
3 Commando Brigade
 United States
101st Airborne Division
1st Brigade Combat Team
2nd Brigade Combat Team
3rd Brigade Combat Team
 Republic of Korea
2nd Quick Response Division (South Korea)

See also: 

References: 

Sources: Arthur, Max, There Shall Be Wings, Hodder and Stoughton, 1994, ISBN 0-340-60386-0
Scales, Robert H. & Scales Jr., Robert H., Certain Victory: The U.S. Army in the Gulf War, Brassey's, 1994
Ailsby, Christopher (2000). Hitler's Sky Warriors: German Paratroopers in Action, 1939–1945. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount Limited. ISBN 1-86227-109-7.
Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne Division by Russ & Susan Bryant

Further reading: Burns, Richard R.  Pathfinder: First In, Last Out.  New York: Ballantine Books, 2002. ISBN 0804116024

External links: 
A 1989 Department of Defense news archive about Task Force Hawk air assault training, Panama.
The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-20A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
Vietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961–1971 by Lieutenant General John J. Tolson, 1989 Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine