213th independent Helicopter Squadron

213-я отдельная вертолетная эскадрилья

Military Unit: 06889; from 1998: 74131

Activated 1969 in Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray, as an unknown independent Helicopter Unit.

1978 enlarged, and renamed 213th independent Helicopter Squadron.

1980's with 8 Mi-24D and 4 Mi-8.

1998 reduced, and renamed 101st independent Helicopter Unit.

2009 absorbed by the 573rd Aviation Base.

Burevestnik was also home to an unknown independent Helicopter Unit (Search & Rescue) 1985 to 1992 with 2 Mi-8T and 2 Mi-14.

Bases:

• Ussuriysk (Baranovskiy), Primorskiy Kray, 1969 - 1978 [43 45 05N, 132 00 34E]
• Burevestnik, Iturup Island, Sakhalin Oblast, 1978 - 2009 [44 55 19N, 147 38 11E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-4
• Mi-8
• Mi-24

Subordination:

• 5th Combined Arms Army, 1969 - 1978
• 51st Combined Arms Army, 1978 - 1997
• 68th Army Corps, 1997 - 2009