280th independent Helicopter Regiment
280-й отдельный вертолётный полк
Military Unit: 22523; from 4.80: 17668, from 8.88: 06862
Activated 17.4.46 in Olovyannaya, Chita Oblast, as the 280th
Transport Aviation Regiment.
From 5.11.56 - 26 crews took part in the events in Hungary
1958 renamed 280th independent Helicopter Regiment.
12.79 transferred to Chirchik, Tashkent Oblast, and shortly
thereafter to Sady-Kachi, Surkhandaria Oblast, for operations in Afghanistan -
arrived in Shindand 1.1.80, and Kandahar 2.1.80 - returned to Kagan-South in
1.80.
Several independent Helicopter Regiments based in the Soviet
Union, would detach crews to serve in the 280th independent Helicopter Regiment
on a rotational basis, beginning from 1981 - usually for the duration of one
year.
Disbanded 23.2.89.
Bases:
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Olovyannaya, Chita Oblast, 4.46 - 26.12.46
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Ulan-Ude, Buryatia Republic, 26.12.46 - 10.2.47
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Chita-1, Chita Oblast, 10.2.47 - 10.56 [52 06 40N, 113 29
49E]
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Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast, 5.11.56 - 24.12.58 [49 14 28N, 28
36 50E]
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Kagan-South, Bukhara Oblast, 24.12.58 - 11.4.80 [39 41 33N,
64 32 56E]
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Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11.4.80 - 1.8.88 [31 30 12N, 65 50
54E]
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Leonidovo, Sakhalin Oblast, 1.8.88 - 23.2.89 [49 16 26N, 142
55 39E]
Aircraft:
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Li-2, 1946-1958
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Mi-4, 1958-1974
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Mi-6, 1961-1989
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Mi-8, 1973-1989
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Mi-24, 1982-12.87
Squadrons:
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1st squadron: Li-2, 1958 Mi-4, 1973 Mi-8T, 1981 Mi-6 [1st
and 3rd squadrons exchanged designations in 1981]
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2nd squadron: Li-2, 1958 Mi-4, 1973 Mi-6
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3rd squadron: Li-2, 1961 Mi-6, 1981 Mi-8T [3rd and 1st
squadrons exchanged designations in 1981]
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4th squadron: Mi-24 [activated 1982 - disbanded 12.87]
Subordination:
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54th Transport Aviation Division, 1946 - 1956
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Kiev Military District, 1956 - 1958
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Turkestan Military District, 1958 - 1980
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40th Combined Arms Army, 4.80 - 8.88
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Far Eastern Military District, 8.88 - 2.89