486th independent Helicopter Regiment

486-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 40816, from 1991: 06002

Activated 1.2.89 in Jüterbog-Altes Lager, East Germany, from the 241st, 311th, 327th and 345th independent Helicopter Squadrons.

1.1.92 taken over by Kazakhstan - renamed 697th Airbase AA.

Bases:

• Jüterbog-Altes Lager, East Germany, 8.89 - 1.8.91 [51 59 45N, 12 59 10E] - via Ayaguz, Odessa Oblast
• Uch-Aral, Dzhambul Oblast, 8.91 - 1.92 [46 11 19N, 80 49 42E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-8T/MTV, 1989-1992
• Mi-9, 1989-1992
• Mi-24K/RCh/V, 1989-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 34 Mi-8 and 45 Mi-24 (CFE treaty data exchange)

Subordination:

• 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, 1989 - 1991
• Turkestan Military District, 1991 - 1992