79th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine)

The 79th Airmobile Brigade (79 окрема аеромобільна бригада, 79 okrema aeromobilna brygada) 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. Until summer of 2007 the Brigade was a Regiment. In 2008 the Brigade is being manned by contract soldiers.

Soldiers from the Brigade have served as peacekeepers in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Kosovo, Sierra Leone.

History
The Brigades history began as 40th Air Assault Brigade in the late 1979. 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.

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.

Regiment 1992-2007

 * 1st Battalion
 * 2nd Battalion

Brigade 2007

 * [[Image:79aembr1bt.jpg|25px]] 1st Battalion
 * [[Image:2amb.jpg|25px]] 2nd Battalion
 * 3rd Battalion
 * Artillery Company
 * [[Image:79aembraa.jpg|25px]] Anti-aircraft Company
 * Rocket artillery Company
 * Reconnaissance Company
 * [[Image:79ambricp.jpg|25px]] Engineer Company
 * [[Image:79ambrrhbzr.jpg|25px]] Chemical Company
 * Signal Company
 * Maintenance Company
 * Headquarters Platoon
 * Field Training Site(Range)
 * [[Image:11aar.jpg|25px]] Separate Army Aviation Regiment

Past Commanders

 * Lieutenant Colonel Atroshchenko - December 1992
 * Zeleniak - December 1992 -
 * Colonel Kostiantyn Maslenikov - July 1, 2007 -