12th Army Aviation Brigade

Ukrainian Ground Forces formation the Ukrainian brigade the American brigade 12th Combat Aviation Brigade other brigades 12th Brigade (disambiguation) 12th Army Aviation Brigade(2016present) 7th Army Aviation Regiment(19922016) 12-та окрема бригада армійської авіації Shivron12br.png 150 April 1943–present Ukraine Ukraine USSR Soviet Union (1944–1991) Ukraine Ukraine Brigade 25px Army aviation 25px Ground Forces Command Novyi Kalyniv, Lviv Oblasthttp://galinfo.com.ua/news/society/10891.html Агенція регіональної інформації та аналітики "Гал-info" 2007-11-21 https://archive.today/20071020013133/http://galinfo.com.ua/news/society/10891.html 2007-10-20 dead Viktor Pavlenko Viktor Pavlenko Soviet–Afghan WarMONUSCOFull scale invasion Russian invasion of Ukraine 200pxFor Courage and Bravery Official Facebook page Colonel Dmytro Kulkevich 100px|center Former Insignia (7th Army Aviation Regiment Breslavlsk) Mi-24 Mi-8 Mi-2 The 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade named after Corporal General Viktor Pavlenko ( A3913) is an army aviation formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade is directly subordinated to the Ukrainian Ground Forces command.http://www.ukrmilitary.com/p/ukrainian-ground-forces.html Сухопутні війська www.ukrmilitary.com 2016-10-10 History The unit was formed as 340th Long-Range Aviation Regiment in April 1943 as transportation Regiment, going through a few name changes and eventually becoming the 340th Separate Transport and Combat Helicopter Regiment. From August 21, 1968 to June 1991 the Regiment was stationed in Czechoslovakia.http://www.dunay1968.ru/unitslist.html Операция "Дунай" - перечень войсковых частей 2007-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20071221143731/http://www.dunay1968.ru/unitslist.html 2007-12-21 dead http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/tap/340vtap.htm 340th Breslavskiy Military-Transport Aviation Regiment Holm Michael ww2.dk 22 March 2016 After Ukraine regained independence in 1992, the Regiment was redesignated to be 7th Separate Army Aviation Regiment.http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/p_4627.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070911115825/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/p_4627.html dead President.Gov.Ua September 11, 2007 In 2016 it became the 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade. Since 1995, the regiment's soldiers have been participating in UN peacekeeping operations . Since then, the regiment has been active in peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Новокалинівська бригада армійської авіації відзначила 74-річчя https://loda.gov.ua/news?id=35174 loda.gov.ua 2019-11-03 8 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181008000137/http://loda.gov.ua/news?id=35174 From 2000 to 2004, individual the brigade's Mi-8 helicopters participated in firefighting operations in Turkey and Portugal. In 2002, a chapel in honor of the Demetrius of Thessaloniki was consecrated at the regiment's base.http://www.cerkva.info/en/news/diocesan-news/9166-drogobycka-eparhiya-novyny-14-11-2016.html Святий Димитрій — покровитель новокалинівських авіаторів 23 December 2016 24 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030852/http://www.cerkva.info/en/news/diocesan-news/9166-drogobycka-eparhiya-novyny-14-11-2016.html Russo-Ukrainian War In March 2014, a part of the combined aviation detachment of the 7th separate army aviation regiment was deployed for combat duty at the Chornobaivka Air Base, and the combined aviation detachment of the regiment has been deployed to carry out combat duty at the Chernihiv Air Base and the Myrhorod Air Base. The regiment took part in the First Battle of Donetsk Airport, to distract attention from the transport helicopters, 3 Mi-24s passed by the airport terminals.https://web.archive.org/web/20170711190406/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEhRlEU3k2Q&gl=US&hl=en General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 11 July 2017 DAP - Donetsk Airport. Beginning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEhRlEU3k2Q 11 February 2025 At the same time, the soldiers at the terminal was ordered to provide cover for the helicopters, since Russian forces had already shot down 3 Ukrainian combat helicopters near Sloviansk in May. As one of the helicopters passed, a special forces officer saw a separatist aiming a MANPADS at the helicopter and gave the command to open fire, a sniper killed the Separatist who was aiming at the helicopter.СНАЙПЕР, КОТОРЫЙ НАЧАЛ БИТВУ ЗА ДОНЕЦКИЙ АЭРОПОРТ https://web.archive.org/web/20170503045713/http://censor.net.ua/resonance/308933/snayiper_kotoryyi_nachal_bitvu_za_donetskiyi_aeroport 3 May 2017 Around 12:00, a contingent of Ukrainian special forces landed at the airport from Mi-8 helicopters, under the cover of the three Mi-24s of the regiment and took control of the perimeter and control towers. Then the three Mi-24s in coordination with Su-25s struck the New Terminal from cannons, and then with unguided missiles approaching the New Terminal. During the battle of Heorohiivka, the Ukrainian command understood that the battle was with regular units of the Russian army and called in air support and two pairs of Mi-24s from the 7th regiment were called in and one Mi-24P of the second pair was shot down due to a lack of coordinationhttp://feldherrnhalle.livejournal.com/10806.html Злочин і кара. Луганський напрямок 2016-07-14 Обитель цивилизатора 2016-07-14 25 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160925164707/http://feldherrnhalle.livejournal.com/10806.html by the Pantsir S1 air defense system.https://donetsksite.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/zrk-tor-panzir/ ЗРК "Тор" и "Панцирь" на Донбассе 2017-04-22 Донбасс - Украина 2017-04-22 23 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170423065650/https://donetsksite.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/zrk-tor-panzir/ Lieutenant Colonel Biryuk Oleg MykolayovychБірюк Олег Миколайович https://web.archive.org/web/20150106014702/http://memorybook.org.ua/2/biruk.htm 6 January 2015 and Rodionov Anton AlexandrovichРодіонов Антон Олександрович were killed in the shootdown.http://espreso.tv/news/2014/08/22/na_luhanschyni_terorysty_zbyly_ukrayinskyy_vertolit_mi_24_ekipazh_zahynuv___rnbo На Луганщині терористи збили український вертоліт Мі-24, екіпаж загинув, — РНБО 25 August 2016 14 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160914222120/http://espreso.tv/news/2014/08/22/na_luhanschyni_terorysty_zbyly_ukrayinskyy_vertolit_mi_24_ekipazh_zahynuv___rnbo Subsequently, the regiment was involved in combat duty at the airfields Dnirpo, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Svatove, Severodonetsk and Kramatorsk along with combat, transport and evacuation operations in the ATO zone. On 24 March 2014, near the settlements of Vinnytskie Stavy and Hrebinky, an Mi-24 of the brigade crashed during a flight from Myrhorod to Ozerne killing Lieutenant Rudenko Serhiy Mykolayovych and wounding two more.Рєпін-Логвиненко Євген Вікторович On August 29, 2014, two soldiers of the regiment, Dremlyukh Vyacheslav AnatolyovichДремлюх В'ячеслав Анатолійович https://web.archive.org/web/20170327194526/http://memorybook.org.ua/5/dremluha.htm 27 March 2017 and Ivkun Vasyl DmytrovychІвкун Василь Дмитрович https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073152/http://memorybook.org.ua/11/ivkun.htm 5 March 2016 were killed in the Battle of Ilovaisk. The regiment's honorific Breslavlsk (Breslau) was removed on 18 November 2015 as part of an Armed Forces-wide removal of Soviet awards and honorifics.http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6462015-19568 УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ No. 646/2015 21 November 2015 President of Ukraine Ukrainian Ukaz President of Ukraine No. 646/2015 14 August 2016 In 2016 the Regiment became the 12th Army Aviation Brigade.http://loda.gov.ua/news?id=35174 Новокалинівська бригада армійської авіації відзначила 74-річчя 31 March 2018 Lviv Oblast Press Administration Ukrainian Novyi Kalyniv army aviation brigade celebrates 74th anniversary 7 October 2018 8 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181008000137/http://loda.gov.ua/news?id=35174 dead On 5 December 2020, by Decree of the President of Ukraine, the honorary title named after Corporal General Viktor Pavlenko was awarded to the brigade.УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №545/2020 https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5452020-35869 Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України 2020-12-06 uk 7 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201207072744/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5452020-35869 For the 2022 academic year, training flights were conducted by the brigade on January 11 and 12, 2022. The main tasks including increasing efficiency, morale, experience, checks, navigation, and coordination.Згідно плану бойової підготовки 12 окремої бригади армійської авіації імені генерал-хорунжого Віктора Павленка на 2022 навчальний рік у військовій частині проведено командирські польоти 11 та 12 січня 2022 року 12 окрема бригада армійської авіації ім. генерал-хорунжого Віктора Павленка 14 January 2022 https://www.facebook.com/12o.br.AA/posts/985598015377807 Facebook 2022-01-14 uk 14 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114145220/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F12o.br.AA%2Fposts%2F985598015377807 On 24 February 2022, at the start of the Full scale invasion of Ukraine, Senior Sergeant Oleksandr Harmatyuk of the brigade was killed in battle with Russian forces near the Antonivskyi Bridge in the Kherson Oblast.https://www.victims.memorial/people/oleksandr-harmatiuk Головний сержант Олександр Гарматюк загинув у перший день повномасштабної війни Меморіал жертв війни uk 2023-07-19 The brigade's HQ along with all the three other army aviation bases were struck on the first day of the invasion.Overview: Ukrainian Army Aviation On 5 April 2022, a. Mi-8 of the brigade flew to Mariupol to alleviate the trapped personnel at Azovstal, the helicopter crew included Major Boris Goroshko, Captain Bohdan Chychura and Senior Lieutenant Vyacheslav Sindiy. During the mission, cargo was safely delivered to the trapped personnel and wounded were loaded onto it and it departed, during the return flight its tank was first shot through and then it was hit by a Russian missile. Major Borys Borysovych Goroshko and Senior Lt Sindiy Vyacheslav Yuriyovych were killed while Captain Bohdan's date remained uncertain.https://myukraine.in.ua/2023/07/21/ostannij-bort-yakyj-letiv-na-mariupol/ "Останній борт, який летів на Маріуполь": на Львівщині провели в останню путь двох пілотів, які героїчно рятували поранених 21 July 2023 myukraine.in.ua 13 September 2024https://novynarnia.com/2023/07/21/u-lvovi-hovayut-borysa-goroshka-yakyj-zagynuv-torik-u-gelikopteri-shho-probyvavsya-v-otochenyj-mariupol/ У Львові ховають Бориса Горошка, який загинув торік у гелікоптері, що пробивався в оточений Маріуполь 2023-07-21 Новинарня 2023-07-27 An accompanying helicopter of Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Shemet together with Oleksandr Lyashenko, transported ammunition, landed a reconnaissance group, and evacuated the wounded along the Mariupol-Dnipro route being fired upon by small arms and the TOR air defense system, but they accomplished the task, becoming the last aircraft to successfully evacuate personnel from Mariupol.https://hromadske.ua/posts/ostannij-uspishnij-aviaproriv-na-azovstal-hto-jogo-zdijsniv Останній успішний авіапрорив на "Азовсталь". Хто його здійснив Буцко Діана Hromadske [The brigade personnel also took part in the Battle of Kyiv and the Siege of Chernihiv. A pilot of the brigade, Maksym Shendrykov, who took part in these battles was killed in combat on 23 April 2022 in Donetsk Oblast .Максим Шендриков On 11 December 2022, a pilot of the brigade, Maksym Fedorov, flying an Mi-8 was killed during the Battle of Bakhmut.https://www.volynnews.com/news/all/tse-bula-yoho-mriia-litaty-i-zaraz-moia-dytyna-v-nebi-istoriia-volynianky-u-iakoyi-viyna-zabrala-cholovika-y-syna/ "Це була його мрія – літати. І зараз моя дитина в небі". Історія волинянки, у якої війна забрала чоловіка й сина 2024-03-10 Волинські новини 2024-03-10 On 12 March 2024, senior pilot Bakun Andriy Vasilyevich was severely wounded while flying on a combat mission and died of injuries.https://cheline.com.ua/news/vijna/vikonuyuchi-bojove-zavdannya-zaginuv-voyin-iz-chernigivshhini-2-399517 Виконуючи бойове завдання, загинув воїн із Чернігівщини Shcherbina Natalia 2024-03-14 ЧЕline ru-RU 2024-08-04 On 30 September 2025 the unit was awarded the Presidential Award For Courage and Bravery by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyyhttps://www.president.gov.ua/documents/7112025-56601 DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 711/2025 President of Ukraine 30 September 2025 9 March 2026 and ceremonially receiving the award on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 6 December 2025.https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zahishayuchi-ukrayinu-nasha-armiya-zminilasya-tak-sho-zaraz-101833 While Defending Ukraine, Our Army Has Evolved to the Point That It Now Serves in Many Ways as a Model for Other Armies – The President Congratulated Warriors on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine President of Ukraine 6 December 2025 9 March 2026 Deployments Since November 2007, 300 members of the Regiment are deployed to Liberia, supporting the United Nations Mission in Liberia, as part of the 56th Separate Helicopter Unit.http://www.zik.com.ua/index.php?news_id=112162 Сьогодні до Ліберії з Львівського аеропорту відбуде ще 120 миротворців 2019-01-29 2013-04-18 https://archive.today/20130418233732/http://www.zik.com.ua/index.php?news_id=112162 bot: unknownhttp://www.zaxid.net/newsua/2007/11/15/124304/ ZAXID.NET 98 українських миротворців вилетять сьогодні зі Львова до Ліберії 2007-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722203814/http://zaxid.net/newsua/2007/11/15/124304/ 2012-07-22 dead June 2022 Structure During the 1970s the Regiment included 4 Squadron's with a total of 55-60 helicopters. In 2004 the Brigade consisted of 2 Squadron's flying Mi-24, Mi-26 and Mi-8 helicopters. 2nd Squadron is intended to carry out missions under UN and NATO command. Equipment Equipment in 2004Marnix Sap and Carlo Brummer: "International Air Power Review", Vol. 15., 2005 Mi-24B - 6 Mi-24P - 15 Mi-24VP - 3 Mi-24R - 3 Mi-24K - 7 Mi-8T - 26 Mi-8MT - 3 Mi-8MTV-2 - 4 Mi-9 - 6 Mi-26 - 16 References Category:Army aviation brigades of Ukraine Category:Military units and formations established in 2016 Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine