172nd independent Helicopter Regiment

172-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 15420; from 12.92: 32032

Activated 5.73 in Zhovtnevoye, Volynskaya Oblast.

Disbanded 4.98 - crews and Mi-24 helicopters absorbed by the 332nd independent Guards Helicopter Regiment.

Bases:

• Zhovtnevoye, Volynskaya Oblast, 5.73 - 9.73 [50 54 54N, 24 27 01E]
• Parchim, East Germany, 9.73 - 21.12.92 [53 25 47N, 11 47 08E]
• Kasimovo, Leningrad Oblast, 12.92 - 4.98 [60 11 56N, 30 20 15E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-8T, 1973-1980?
• Mi-8TV, 1975-1998
• Mi-24A, 1973-1976
• Mi-24D, 1976-1984?
• Mi-24V, 1978-1998
• Mi-24P, 1984-1998

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 10 Mi-8 and 40 Mi-24 (CFE treaty data exchange)

Subordination:

• 2nd Guards Tank Army, 1973 - 1992
• 30th Army Corps, 1992 - 1998