302nd independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare

302-я отдельная вертолетная эскадрилья радиоэлектронной борьбы

Military Unit: 00000; from 1.81: 65235; from 5.89: 36558

Activated 1979 in Kagan, Bukhara Oblast, from parts of the 280th independent Helicopter Regiment.

1.81 to 7.2.89 in Afghanistan - operating as the 4th squadron of the 181st independent Helicopter Regiment - supporting the 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Division.

Disbanded 4.89.

Reformed 5.89 in Kobrin, Brest Oblast, as the 302nd independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare, from the electronic warfare squadron of the 65th independent Helicopter Regiment.

1989-1992 mainly used Mi-8PPA, Mi-8SMV and a few Mi-10PP, Mi-22, Mi-6 and Mi-24.

1.1.92 taken over by Belarus.

Bases:

• Kagan-South, Bukhara Oblast, 1979 - 1.80 [39 41 33N, 64 32 56E]
• Shindand, Afghanistan, 1.80 - 7.2.89 [33 23 29N, 61 15 35E]
• Kagan-South, Bukhara Oblast, 7.2.89 - 4.89 [39 41 33N, 64 32 56E]
• Kobrin, Brest Oblast, 5.89 - 1.1.92 [52 14 18N, 24 20 48E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-8, 1979-1992
• Mi-24, 1979-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 13 Mi-8 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• Turkestan Military District, 1979 - 1980
• VVS 40th Combined Arms Army, 1980 - 4.89
• 26th Air Army, 5.89 - 1.92