344th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel AA

344-й Центр боевого применения и переучивания лётного состава АА

Military Unit: 32882

Activated 1.11.79 in Torzhok (Klokovo), Tver Oblast.

Organisation 1980:

• 696th independent Helicopter Regiment (Research-Instructor) (Torzhok, Tver Oblast)

• 12th Instructor Helicopter Squadron (Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast)

• 275th Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (Madona, Latvian SSSR)

Organisation 1990:

• 696th Research-Instructor Helicopter Regiment (Troop Transport Helicopters) (Torzhok, Tver Oblast)

• 361st Research-Instructor Helicopter Regiment (Sokol, Vladimir Oblast)

• 12th Instructor Helicopter Squadron (Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast)

• 275th Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (Madona, Latvian SSSR)

Organisation 2002:

• 696th Research-Instructor Helicopter Regiment (Troop Transport Helicopters) (Torzhok, Tver Oblast)

• 92nd Research-Instructor Helicopter Squadron (Sokol, Vladimir Oblast)

• 118th independent Helicopter Squadron (Chebenki, Orenburg Oblast)

• 2881st Helicopter Reserve Base (Totskoye-2, Orenburg Oblast)

• Kushalino test range (from 2005) (Military Unit: 15478)

Center for combat research, training and development of new methods of combat employment, with various platforms and attack weapons.

Helicopters used by the center with date of introduction: Mi-6 (1979), Mi-8 (1979), Mi-24D/V/P (1980), Mi-26 (1981), Mi-14 (1984), Ka-27/29 (1985), Mi-24R/K (1986), Ka-50 (1993), Mi-8MTV5 (2000), Mi-8MTKO (2000), Mi-28 (2000), Mi-24VO (2002), Mi-24PN (2003), Mi-28N (2008).

Bases:

• Torzhok, Tver Oblast, 11.79 - today [57 02 52N, 35 00 25E]

Subordinated:

• GK VVS, 1979 - 5.88

• VVS Moscow Military District, 5.88 - 11.90

• GK SV, 11.90 - 11.02

• GK VVS, 11.02 - today