337th Separate Helicopter Regiment
The 337th Independent Helicopter Regiment Russian: 337-й отдельный вертолётный полк (337 овп; 337 OVP) is a unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It is based at Tolmachevo Airport, near Novosibirsk. It is part of the 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, which is controlled by the Central Military District.
It was activated, as part of the
The regiment has been equipped with the Mil Mi-24 and Mil Mi-8 throughout its existence.
1st Squadron, 337th Independent Helicopter Regiment saw action in the
Its members during this period included Anatoly Lebed, who was later made a Hero of the Russian Federation.
In 1994, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the regiment returned to Russia as part of the Russian Armed Forces, and was then based at Berdsk. For a time, after 2009, it was known as the 3917th Air Base. In 2011, it moved to Tolmachevo, where it was known briefly as the 562nd Army Aviation Base (562 abAA), before returning to its original name.
References
Citations
- ^ Lensky & Tsybin 2001, pp. 99–100.
Bibliography
- Holm (2016). "337th independent Helicopter Regiment". www.ww2.dk/new.
- Lensky, A.G.; Tsybin, M.M. (2001). Советские сухопутные войска в последний год Союза ССР [The Soviet Ground Forces in the Last Years of the USSR] (in Russian). St Petersburg: B&K Publishers. ISBN 5-93414-063-9.
- Scramble Magazine, 2018 (no title; article published 28 December.)