12th Army Aviation Brigade (Ukraine)

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]

12th Army Aviation Brigade
Active1943–present
CountryUkraine
BranchUkrainian Ground Forces
TypeArmy Aviation
Sizeat least 300
Part ofOperational Command West
Garrison/HQNovyi Kalyniv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine[1]
EngagementsSoviet–Afghan War
Battle honoursBreslau (removed)
Aircraft flown
AttackMi-24
TransportMi-8, Mi-26

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"". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  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". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  10. Marnix Sap and Carlo Brummer: "International Air Power Review", Vol.15. , 2005
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