825th independent Helicopter Regiment

825-й отдельный вертолётный полк

Military Unit: 54902

Activated 5.42 in the Tula region(?) as the 825th Assault Aviation Regiment.

25.5.46 renamed 825th Transport Aviation Regiment.

1959 renamed 825th independent Helicopter Regiment.

Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment (2 squadrons with Mi-8 and 2 squadrons with Mi-6).

12.2009 renamed 265th Aviation Base.

2010 renamed 573rd Aviation Base.

Bases:

• Tukums, Latvian SSR, 1945 - 1948 [56 56 30N, 23 13 27E]
• Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, 1948 - 1968 [54 52 58N, 23 52 51E]
• Sredne-Belaya, Ivanovskiy Oblast, 1968 - 6.82 [50 41 31N, 128 00 39E]
• Garovka, Khabarovsk Kray, 6.82 - 2009 [48 23 48N, 135 13 20E]
• Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray, 2009 - today [48 27 56N, 135 09 00E]

Aircraft:

• Il-2, 1942-1948
• Li-2, 1948-1960
• Mi-4, 1954-1972
• Mi-6, 1962 - ?
• Mi-8, 1971-today
• Mi-10PP, 1965-1972

Subordination:

• 225th Assault Aviation Division, 1942 - 10.48
• 35th Transport Aviation Division, 10.48 - 1955
• 35th Military-Transport Aviation Division, 1955 - 1956
• Baltic Military District, 1956 - 1968
• Far Eastern Military District, 1968 - 1982
• 35th Combined Arms Army, 1982 - today