485th independent Helicopter Regiment

485-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 31955

Activated 1.2.89 in Brandis, East Germany, from the 312th, 330th, 342nd independent Helicopter Squadrons.

One squadron was stationed at Merseburg [51 21 47N, 11 57 01E] between 8.89 and 1991.

Disbanded mid-1998.

Bases:

• Brandis, East Germany, 2.89 - 29.5.92 [51 19 41N, 12 39 19E]
• Alakurtii, Murmansk Oblast, 6.92 - 1998 [66 58 27N, 30 20 58E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-8T/MTV/VKP, 1989-1998
• Mi-9, 1989-1998
• Mi-24K/RCh/V/P, 1989-1998

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 25 Mi-8 and 40 Mi-24 (CFE treaty data exchange)

Subordination:

• 1st Guards Tank Army, 1989 - 1992
• Leningrad Military District, 1992 - 1998