The 12th Army Aviation Brigade is an army aviation formation of the
Ukrainian Ground Forces
The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They ...
. The brigade is directly subordinated to the Ukrainian Ground Forces command.
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
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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.
After 1992 the Regiment was redesignated to be 7th Separate Breslavlsk Army Aviation Regiment. 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.
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.
It became the 12th Army Aviation Brigade in 2016.
Deployments
Since November 2007, 300 members of the Regiment are deployed to
Liberia, supporting the
United Nations Mission in Liberia
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was a peacekeeping operation established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberia ...
, as part of the 56th Separate Helicopter Unit.
Structure
During the 1970s the Regiment included 4
Squadron
Squadron may refer to:
* Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies
* Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, ...
's with a total of 55-60 helicopters.
In 2004 the Brigade consisted of 2
Squadron
Squadron may refer to:
* Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies
* Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, ...
's flying
Mi-24,
Mi-26
The Mil Mi-26 (russian: link=no, Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is ''Izdeliye 90''. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest and most po ...
and
Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.
It is now produced by Russia.
In addition t ...
helicopters.
2nd Squadron is intended to carry out missions under UN and NATO command.
Equipment
Equipment in 2004
[Marnix Sap and Carlo Brummer: "International Air Power Review", Vol.15. , 2005]
*
Mi-24B - 6
*
Mi-24P - 15
*
Mi-24VP - 3
*
Mi-24R - 3
*
Mi-24K - 7
*
Mi-8T - 26
*
Mi-8MT - 3
*
Mi-8MTV-2 - 4
*
Mi-9 - 6
*
Mi-26
The Mil Mi-26 (russian: link=no, Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is ''Izdeliye 90''. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest and most po ...
- 16
References
{{Ukrainian Ground Forces
Brigades of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
Military units and formations established in 2016