626th Training Helicopter Regiment

626-й учебный вертолетный полк

Military Unit: 93836

Activated 1953 in Pugachev, Saratov Oblast.

Five squadrons with up to 30 helicopters each.

Bases:

• Pugachev, Saratov Oblast, 1953 - today [52 02 02N, 48 49 05E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-4, 1953-1970's

• Mi-8, 1970's-today

• Mi-24, 1970's-today

Inventory:

• 11.90 with 136 Mi-8 (CFE treaty data exchange)

• 2008 with 36 Mi-24 and 36 Mi-8

Subordinated:

• 160th Military School of Pilots, 1953 - 1963

• Syzran Military Aviation School of Pilots, 1963 - 1966

• Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, 1966 - 1998

• Syzran Military Aviation Institute, 1998 - today