6th independent Helicopter Squadron

6-я отдельная вертолетная эскадрилья

Military Unit: 61121; from 8.92: 03507

Activated 1946 in Dresden-Klotzsche, Germany, as the 6th independent Communication Aviation Squadron.

25.5.77 renamed 6th independent Helicopter Squadron.

1993 renamed 6th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare.

Disbanded 1.9.97 - absorbed by the 440th independent Helicopter Regiment.

Bases:

• Dresden-Klotzsche, Germany, 1946 - 1957 [51 07 59N, 13 46 09E]

• Dresden-Hellerau, Germany, 1957 - 20.8.92 [51 05 52N, 13 44 44E]

• Vyazma (Dvoevka), Smolensk Oblast, 8.92 - 1997 [55 09 09N, 34 22 43E]

Aircraft:

• Po-2

• Yak-12

• Mi-1

• Mi-4

• Mi-6

• Mi-8

• Mi-24

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 6 Mi-8, 2 Mi-6, 2 Mi-24K and 2 Mi-24P [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 16th Air Army, 1946 - 1.49

• 24th Air Army, 1.49 - 4.68

• 16th Air Army, 4.68 - 4.80

• 1st Guards Tank Army, 4.80 - 8.92

• Moscow Military District, 8.92 - 9.97