396th independent Guards Stalingradskiy Red Banner Helicopter Regiment

396-й отдельный гвардейский вертолетный Сталинградский Краснознаменный полк

Military Unit: 84242, from 1990: 22588

Activated 20.6.61 in Uman, Cherkass Oblast, from the 375th independent Guards Helicopter Squadron.

Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment.

21.8.68-3.9.68 based in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.

1.1.92 taken over by Uzbekistan, and later renamed 65th independent Guards Helicopter Regiment.

Bases:

• Uman, Cherkass Oblast, 1961 - 7.62 [48 47 54N, 30 11 36E]
• Kalocsa, Hungary, 7.62 - 4.7.90 [46 33 11N, 18 56 31]
• Kagan-South, Bukhara Oblast, 7.90 - 1992 [39 41 33N, 64 32 56E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-4, 1961-1972
• Mi-6, 1961-1972
• Mi-6A, 1971-1992
• Mi-10, 1964-1970's
• Mi-8T, 1970-1979
• Mi-8TV, 1976-1992
• Mi-8VKP, 1986-1992

Subordination:

• 57th Air Army, 1961 - 1962
• Southern Group of Forces, 7.62 - 7.90
• Turkestan Military District, 1990 - 1992