137th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

137-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 55579

Activated 1961 in Goncharovsk, Chernigov Oblast, as the 000 Anti-Aircraft Misile Regiment.

1971 renamed 137th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

Organisation 1988:

• 569th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 874th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 889th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• Technical Battalion

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

• Goncharovsk, Chernigov Oblast, 1961 - 1.92 [51 17 11N, 30 55 05E]

Equipment:

• S-75 (SA-2), 1961 - 1971
• Krug (SA-4), 1971 - 1987
• S-300V (SA-12), 1987 - 1992 (conversion began 1986)

Subordination:

• Kiev Military District, 1961 - 1.92