688th independent Helicopter Regiment

688-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 25459

Activated 27.4.55 in Torzhok, Tver Oblast, from the 45th Training Aviation Regiment.

Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment from 1976.

Disbanded 10.89.

Bases:

• Torzhok, Tver Oblast, 4.55 - 1959 [57 02 52N, 35 00 25E]
• Legnica, Poland, 1959 - 6.89 [51 11 08N, 16 10 46E]
• Zheludok, Grodno Oblast, 6.89 - 10.89 [53 35 03N, 24 59 00E]

Aircraft:

• Mi-4, 1955-1959
• Mi-4AV, 1959-1973
• Mi-6/Mi-6A, 1964-1989
• Mi-8T, 1973-1984
• Mi-8MT, 1984-1989

Subordination:

• 124th Military-Transport Aviation Division, 1955 - 1959
• Northern Group of Forces, 1959 - 4.68
• 4th Air Army, 4.68 - 6.89
• Belorussian Military District, 6.89 - 10.89