319th independent Red Banner Helicopter Regiment im. V.I. Lenin

319-й отдельный вертолётный краснознаменный полк имени В.И. Ленина

Military Unit: 21240

Activated 16.3.60 in Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray, from the 36th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Some crews were in Vietnam during 1960 - training Vietnamese pilots on the Mi-4.

Named "V.I. Lenin" from 9.10.65, and awarded the Red Banner 22.2.68.

3.82 to 3.83 - selected crews operated as the 2nd squadron/50th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment in Afghanistan.

12.2009 renamed 575th Aviation Base.

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