394th independent Helicopter Regiment

394-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 22647

Activated 13.5.78 in Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast, from parts of the 332nd Aviation Group.

The 3rd squadron was detached to Bagram, Afghanistan in 1982, and renamed 262nd independent Helicopter Squadron.

Selected crews served in Afghanistan 5.85 - 6.86, attached to the 2nd Squadron/335th independent Helicopter Regiment (Mi-24).

Disbanded 2009.

Bases:

• Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast, 5.78 - 6.82 [51 59 09N, 127 38 14]
• Sredne-Belaya, Ivanovskiy Oblast, 6.82 - 2009 [50 41 31N, 128 00 39E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-8, 1978-today (one squadron)
• Mi-24, 1978-today (two squadrons)

Subordination:

• 13th independent Assault-Landing Brigade, 1978 - 1988
• Far Eastern Military District, 1988 - 2009