225th independent Helicopter Regiment

225-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 25569; from 8.77: 94594

Activated 1972 in Kobrin, Brest Oblast, from parts of the 65th independent Helicopter Regiment.

Selected crews operated from Bagram, Afghanistan - 9.85-10.86 - attached to the 262nd independent Helicopter Squadron (Mi-24).

Disbanded 1998.

Bases:

• Kobrin, Brest Oblast, 1972 - 12.72 [52 14 18N, 24 20 48E]
• Pruzhany, Brest Oblast, 12.72 - 8.77 [52 34 55N, 24 22 48E]
• Brandis, East Germany, 8.77 - 1985 [51 19 41N, 12 39 19E]
• Allstedt, East Germany, 1985 - 25.5.91 [51 22 56N, 11 26 55E]
• Protasovo, Ryazan Oblast, 5.91 - 1998 [54 29 44N, 39 55 59E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-4, 1972-1976
• Mi-8T/MT, 1973-1998
• Mi-9, ?-?
• Mi-24D/V, ?-1998

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 9 Mi-8 and 40 Mi-24 (CFE treaty data exchange)

Subordination:

• 28th Combined Arms Army, 1972 - 8.77
• 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, 8.77 - 5.83
• 1st Guards Tank Army, 5.83 - 5.91
• Moscow Military District, 5.91 - 1998