| 40th Air Assault Brigade (1979-198X) 40th Airborne Brigade (198X-1993) 40th Separate Airmobile Brigade (1993-199X) 79th Airmobile Regiment (199X-2007) 79th Airmobile Brigade (2007- ) | |
|---|---|
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File:79ombr.jpg Sleeve patch for the 79th Airmobile Brigade | |
| Active | 1979 - |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Branch |
Red Army 1979-1991 Ukrainian Ground Forces 1992- |
| Type | Brigade |
| Role | Airmobile |
| Size | ~1000 (2006) |
| Part of | 6th Army Corps[1] |
| Garrison/HQ | А0224 Solyanu[2] Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine[3] |
| Motto(s) |
"In Unity is Power" "В єднанні - сила!" |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Kostiantyn Maslenikov[4] |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack helicopter | Mi-24 |
| Transport | Mi-8 |
The 79th Airmobile Brigade ([79 окрема аеромобільна бригада, 79 okrema aeromobilna brygada] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a formation of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces. Brigade is located in Mykolaiv. For their transport the Brigade uses UAZ fitted with DShK anti-aircraft machine gun, 2B14 Podnos 82mm mortar, SPG-9D, AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher.[4] Until summer of 2007 the Brigade was a Regiment. In 2008 the Brigade is being manned by contract soldiers.[5]
Soldiers from the Brigade have served as peacekeepers in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Kosovo, Sierra Leone.[6][7]
History[]
The Brigades history began as 40th Air Assault Brigade in the late 1979.[8] Later it was reorganized into the 40th Airborne Brigade in the later years of the 1980s (1.6 1990 according to Holm). That redesignation marked the transfer of the brigade from the Odessa Military District to the Soviet Airborne Troops. In September 1993 the Brigade was renamed 40th Separate Airmobile Brigade.[9]
The 40th Brigade was reorganized and reduced into the 79th Airmobile Regiment. On July 1, 2007 the Brigade was formed by combining the 79th Airmobile Regiment with 11th Army Aviation Regiment.[3][10]
Structure[]
Regiment 1992-2007[]
Brigade 2007[]
- File:79aembr1bt.jpg 1st Battalion[4]
- File:2amb.jpg 2nd Battalion[4]
- 3rd Battalion
- Artillery Company
- File:79aembraa.jpg Anti-aircraft Company
- Rocket artillery Company
- Reconnaissance Company
- File:79ambricp.jpg Engineer Company
- File:79ambrrhbzr.jpg Chemical Company
- Signal Company
- Maintenance Company
- Headquarters Platoon
- Field Training Site(Range)
Separate Army Aviation Regiment[6]
Past Commanders[]
- Lieutenant Colonel Atroshchenko - December 1992
- Zeleniak - December 1992 -
- Colonel Kostiantyn Maslenikov - July 1, 2007 -
References[]
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Hrytsenko in Crimea
- ↑ (Ukrainian) View from the window unto an army base
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (Ukrainian) 15th Anniversary of Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 (Ukrainian) Newspaper "Peoples Army"
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Preparing for the Army
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 (Ukrainian) Commander for 9th rotation of the 56th Helicopter Detachment
- ↑ Ukraine, NATO start military drills in Poland
- ↑ (Russian) V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945-91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004 pg31
- ↑ (Russian)History of Airmobile Forces
- ↑ Ukrainian Armed Forces 2007 White Book p.38
External links[]
- (Russian) Unofficial website of VDV
- http://www.ww2.dk/new/vdv/40odshbr.htm - 40th Independent Landing-Assault Brigade
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