The Ukrainian Army Aviation uk, Армійська авіація України) is a
military aviation
Military aviation comprises military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift ( air cargo) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a war the ...
of the
Ukrainian Ground Forces.
History
The first formations of army aviation in the revived Ukrainian were formed in 1992 when the former Soviet 119th Regiment joined the Ukrainian military.
In 2014 the 16th Brigade participated in the liberation of Slovyansk.
International missions
Structure
Structure:
* 8th Command Post,
Chernihiv
*
11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Kherson",
Kherson International Airport (Chornobaivka) attached to 6th Corps
** 1st Squadron (Mi 2, Mi-8 & Mi-24)
** 2nd Squadron (Mi 2, Mi-8 & Mi-24)
*
12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Maj Gen Viktor Pavlenko",
Novyi Kalyniv Air Base attached to 13th Corps
** 1st Squadron (Mi 2, Mi-8 & Mi-24)
** 2nd Squadron (Mi 2, Mi-8 & Mi-24)
*
16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Brody",
Brody Air Base
Brody is an air base of Ukrainian Army Aviation located near Brody, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
The base is home to the 16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade flying Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-9
The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is ...
attached to 8th Corps
** 1st Squadron (Mi 2, Mi-8 & Mi-24)
** 2nd Squadron (Mi 2, Mi-8 & Mi-24)
*
18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Ihor Sikorsky",
Poltava Air Base
Poltava Air Base ( uk, Авіабаза «Полтава», russian: Авиабаза «Полтава») is a military airfield located approximately northwest of Poltava, Ukraine. It is one of two airfields near Poltava, the other being Poltav ...
(formed 2015)
** 1st Squadron (Mi-2)
** 2nd Squadron (Mi-8)
** 3rd Squadron (Mi-24)
** 18th Separate Helicopter Detachment supporting
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
* 57th Aviation Base,
Brody Air Base
Brody is an air base of Ukrainian Army Aviation located near Brody, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
The base is home to the 16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade flying Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-9
The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is ...
References
{{Military of Ukraine
Army aviation
Military units and formations established in 1992
Army Aviation
An army aviation unit is an aviation-related unit of a nation's army, sometimes described as an air corps. These units are generally separate from a nation's dedicated air force, and usually comprise helicopters and light support fixed-wing airc ...
Aviation in Ukraine