205th independent Helicopter Squadron

205-я отдельная вертолетная эскадрилья

Military Unit: 06887; from 2.86: 65200; from 5.88: 06887

Activated 1968 in Bezrechnaya, Chita Oblast, as the 10th independent Helicopter Unit.

Summer 1976 renamed 205th independent Helicopter Squadron.

Selected crews served in Afghanistan from mid-1981.

4.2.86 to 4.8.88 deployed to Afghanistan, arriving at Kandahar 4.2.86. The squadron was enlarged, and divided into four groups (total 16 Mi-8MT and 16 Mi-24):

• Lashkar Gah - 31 33 39N, 64 21 54E

• Kandahar - 31 30 21N, 65 50 55E

• Farahrud - 32 21 59N, 62 09 51E

• Shahjoy - 32 31 52N, 67 25 58E

Disbanded 3.89.

Bases:

• Bezrechnaya, Chita Oblast, 1968 - 2.86 [50 44 57N, 116 13 35E]

• Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, 2.86 - 8.88 [31 33 39N, 64 21 54E]

• Khada-Bulak, Chita Oblast, 8.88 - 1989 [50 37 31N, 116 22 28E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-2

• Mi-8

• Mi-24

Subordinated:

• 23rd Air Army, 1968 - 5.80

• VVS Transbaykal Military District, 5.80 - 2.86

• 22nd independent Special Forces Brigade GRU, 2.86 - 8.88

• 23rd Air Army, 8.88 - 1989