12th Army Aviation Brigade | |
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Active | 1943–present |
Country | Ukraine |
Branch | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
Type | Army Aviation |
Size | at least 300 |
Part of | Operational Command West |
Garrison/HQ | Novyi Kalyniv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine[1] |
Engagements | Soviet–Afghan War |
Battle honours | Breslau (removed) |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Col. Dmytro Zbhnievych |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Mi-24 |
Transport | Mi-8, Mi-26 |
The 12th Army Aviation Brigade is an army aviation formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade is directly subordinated to the Ukrainian Ground Forces command.[2]
The brigade was formed as 340th Separate Combat-Transport Helicopter Breslavlsk Regiment. From August 21, 1968 to June 1991 the Regiment was stationed in Czechoslovakia.[3] After 1992 the Regiment was redesignated to be 7th Separate Breslavlsk Army Aviation Regiment.[4] In 2016 it became the 12th Army Aviation Brigade.