280th independent Helicopter Regiment

280-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 22523; from 4.80: 17668, from 8.88: 06862

Activated 17.4.46 in Olovyannaya, Chita Oblast, as the 280th Transport Aviation Regiment.

From 5.11.56 - 26 crews took part in the events in Hungary

1958 renamed 280th independent Helicopter Regiment.

12.79 transferred to Chirchik, Tashkent Oblast, and shortly thereafter to Sady-Kachi, Surkhandaria Oblast, for operations in Afghanistan - arrived in Shindand 1.1.80, and Kandahar 2.1.80 - returned to Kagan-South in 1.80.

Several independent Helicopter Regiments based in the Soviet Union, would detach crews to serve in the 280th independent Helicopter Regiment on a rotational basis, beginning from 1981 - usually for the duration of one year.

Disbanded 23.2.89.

Bases:

• Olovyannaya, Chita Oblast, 4.46 - 26.12.46
• Ulan-Ude, Buryatia Republic, 26.12.46 - 10.2.47
• Chita-1, Chita Oblast, 10.2.47 - 10.56 [52 06 40N, 113 29 49E]
• Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast, 5.11.56 - 24.12.58 [49 14 28N, 28 36 50E]
• Kagan-South, Bukhara Oblast, 24.12.58 - 11.4.80 [39 41 33N, 64 32 56E]
• Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11.4.80 - 1.8.88 [31 30 12N, 65 50 54E]
• Leonidovo, Sakhalin Oblast, 1.8.88 - 23.2.89 [49 16 26N, 142 55 39E]

Aircraft:

• Li-2, 1946-1958
• Mi-4, 1958-1974
• Mi-6, 1961-1989
• Mi-8, 1973-1989
• Mi-24, 1982-12.87

Squadrons:

• 1st squadron: Li-2, 1958 Mi-4, 1973 Mi-8T, 1981 Mi-6 [1st and 3rd squadrons exchanged designations in 1981]
• 2nd squadron: Li-2, 1958 Mi-4, 1973 Mi-6
• 3rd squadron: Li-2, 1961 Mi-6, 1981 Mi-8T [3rd and 1st squadrons exchanged designations in 1981]
• 4th squadron: Mi-24 [activated 1982 - disbanded 12.87]

Subordination:

• 54th Transport Aviation Division, 1946 - 1956
• Kiev Military District, 1956 - 1958
• Turkestan Military District, 1958 - 1980
• 40th Combined Arms Army, 4.80 - 8.88
• Far Eastern Military District, 8.88 - 2.89