851st Training Helicopter Regiment

851-й учебный вертолетный полк

Military Unit: 42122, 1.7.00: 64676

Activated 24.6.52 in Bezenchuk, Kuybyshev (Samara) Oblast, as the 851st Training Aviation Regiment.

1963 renamed 851st Training Helicopter Regiment.

Five squadrons with up to 30 helicopters each.

1.4.99 renamed 851st Aviation Group with 2 squadrons, and 1.7.00 renamed renamed 109th Training Helicopter Regiment.

Disbanded 31.12.03.

Bases:

• Bezenchuk, Kuybyshev (Samara) Oblast, 1952 - 12.03 [52 57 56N, 49 22 48E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-11, 1960-1963
• Yak-18, 1952-1963
• MiG-15, 1953-1963
• Mi-1, 1963-1972
• Mi-2, 1972-1995
• Mi-8, 1994-2003

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 139 Mi-2 (CFE treaty data exchange)

Subordination:

• 160th Military School of Pilots, 1952 - 1963
• Syzran Military Aviation School of Pilots, 1963 - 1966
• Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, 1966 - 12.90
• Ufa Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, 12.90 - 1998
• Ufa Military Aviation Institute, 1998 - 1.7.00
• Syzran Military Aviation Institute, 1.7.00 - 31.12.03