12th Army Aviation Brigade (Ukraine)

12th Army Aviation Brigade
Active 1943–present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type Army Aviation
Size at least 300
Part of Operation Command West
Garrison/HQ Novyi Kalyniv Lviv Oblast Ukraine[1]
Engagements Soviet war in Afghanistan
Battle honours Breslau (removed)
Aircraft flown
Attack Mi-24
Transport Mi-8, Mi-26

The 12th Army Aviation Brigade is an army aviation formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade is directly subordinated to the Ukrainian Ground Forces command.[2]

The brigade was formed as 340th Separate Combat-Transport Helicopter Breslavlsk Regiment. From August 21, 1968 to June 1991 the Regiment was stationed in Czechoslovakia.[3] After 1992 the Regiment was redesignated to be 7th Separate Breslavlsk Army Aviation Regiment.[4] In 2016 it became the 12th Army Aviation Brigade.

History

The brigade was first formed in April 1943 as the 340th Long-Range Aviation Regiment. On 26 December 1944 it became a bomber aviation regiment. On 27 April 1946 it became a transport aviation regiment. On 12 October 1955 it became a military-transport aviation regiment. It was converted to a separate helicopter regiment on 17 November 1959.[5]

The regiment's honorific "Breslau (Breslavlsk)" was removed on 18 November 2015 as part of an Armed Forces-wide removal of Soviet awards and honorifics.[6]

It became the 12th Army Aviation Brigade in 2016.[7]

Deployments

Since November 2007, 300 members of the Regiment are deployed to Liberia, supporting the United Nations Mission in Liberia, as part of the 56th Separate Helicopter Unit.[8][9]

Structure

During the 1970s the Regiment included 4 Squadron's with a total of 55-60 helicopters.

In 2004 the Brigade consisted of 2 Squadron's flying Mi-24, Mi-26 and Mi-8 helicopters.

2nd Squadron is intended to carry out missions under UN and NATO command.

Equipment

Equipment in 2004[10]

References

  1. ↑ Агенція регіональної інформації та аналітики "Гал-info"
  2. ↑ "Сухопутні війська". www.ukrmilitary.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Операция "Дунай" - перечень войсковых частей". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  4. ↑ President.Gov.Ua | Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Holm, Michael. "340th Breslavskiy Military-Transport Aviation Regiment". ww2.dk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №646/2015" [Ukaz President of Ukraine No. 646/2015] (in Ukrainian). President of Ukraine. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Новокалинівська бригада армійської авіації відзначила 74-річчя" [Novyi Kalyniv army aviation brigade celebrates 74th anniversary] (in Ukrainian). Lviv Oblast Press Administration. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Сьогодні до Ліберії з Львівського аеропорту відбуде ще 120 миротворців
  9. ↑ ZAXID.NET - 98 українських миротворців вилетять сьогодні зі Львова до Ліберії
  10. ↑ Marnix Sap and Carlo Brummer: "International Air Power Review", Vol.15. , 2005
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