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25th Transport Aviation Brigade

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25th Transport Aviation Brigade
Active1941 – present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Air Force
TypeBrigade
RoleAirlift
Garrison/HQMelitopol Air Base, Melitopol
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Dmytro Mymrikov
Insignia
Air Force Sleeve patch
Left Arm
Roundel
Fin flash
Aviation branch insignia
collar
Aircraft flown
TransportAn-26, Il-76

The 25th Transport Aviation Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Force based at Melitopol Air Base.

History

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The unit was established as the 709 Night Bomber Aviation Regiment in Alatyr, Chuvash ASSR at the end of 1941. On 22 November 1942, it was renamed as 25th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, from 1946 — 25th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment.

In January 1992 the regiment took the oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people.

The brigade was ordered to withdraw from Melitopol on 24 February 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]

Operations

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Il-76, bort number 76683, at RIAT 2019

Aircraft

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Accidents

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  • On June 13, 2014, an IL-76 Transport was shot down, killing forty 25th Airborne Brigade troopers near Luhansk, Ukraine. “On the night of June 13–14, firing from an anti-aircraft gun and a large-caliber machine gun, anti-regime forces cynically and treacherously shot down an Ukraine armed forces transport plane IL-76 which was bringing personnel for rotation,” said in a statement posted on the Defense Ministry's official website.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Joshua Yaffa (2022-05-16). "A Ukrainian City Under a Violent New Regime". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. ^ ""Ukrainian-Danish fuel transportation operation "Northern Falcon 2019" has started". Ukraine.um.dk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Aircraft IL-76 of the Ukrainian Air Force has flown to Iran".
  4. ^ "Bodies of 11 Ukrainians killed in Iran plane crash sent home". River Bender. Retrieved 19 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "49 die as pro-Russia rebels down Ukraine army plane". Los Angeles Times. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.