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.

Bases:

• Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray, 16.3.60 - today [44 19 25N, 132 32 33E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-4, 1960-1972?
• Mi-8, 1970-today
• Mi-24, 1970's-today

Subordination:

• 5th Combined Arms Army, 1960 - today