156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

156-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 55585

Activated 29.9.61 in Alekseevka, Odessa Oblast, as the 000 Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

1972 renamed 156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

Organisation 1988:

• 000 independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 000 independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 000 independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• Technical Battalion

A fourth independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion was activated in 1990.

1.92 taken over by Ukraine - later renamed 156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Headquarters:

• Alekseevka, Odessa Oblast, 1962 - 1.92 [46 07 30N, 30 03 41E]

Equipment:

• S-75 (SA-2), 1962 - 1972
• Krug (SA-4), 1972 - 1991
• Buk (SA-11), 1991 - 1992

Subordination:

• 14th Guards Combined Arms Army, 1962 - 1992