The 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade , the main ground forces

Ukrainian Ground Forces

The Ukrainian Ground Forces are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts , that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92.Between the fall of the USSR and...

 component of Ukraine’s rapid reaction force. Brigade is located in Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr

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The brigade is one of the Ukrainian Partnership for Peace

Partnership for Peace

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History

95th Training Center of Ukrainian Airmobile Forces

Ukrainian Airmobile Forces

The airmobile force is a highly mobile component of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.The airmobile forces consist of formations, units and elements of the Army and the Army aviation, trained for combined activities behind the enemy lines....

 was created in the early 90s in Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...

 ( Korbutovka base) on the base of 242nd Training Armored Regiment. Training Center acquires second base - Bohunia. In 1995 Training Center was reorganized into 95th Separate Airborne Brigade. All of the units except staff and reconnaissance company moved to Bohunia base.

First jumps in the Brigade occurred in 1994. Brigade was also one of the first airmobile units to receive its Battle Banner. It received the Banner on October 5, 1994. Until spring of 1996 all of the jumps were done from Mi-8

Mil Mi-8

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. By the end of the Ukrainian summer of 1996 soldiers began jumping from Il-76 aircraft. All the jumps were in the region of Smokovka, and in the Brigades training range, located in the area of Starokonstantinin road across the Teterev river. Currently Brigades drop zone is located near Singury settlement, few dozen miles from Zhytomyr.

The Brigade originally had 4 battalions, 1 of them was disbanded. Soldiers from the Brigade took part in peacekeeping missions in Lebanon

Lebanon

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, Sierra Leone

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, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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, Liberia

Liberia

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, former Yugoslavia

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, Kosovo

Kosovo

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, and between 2003-2005 in Iraq

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In 2000 Brigade was reorganized into Airmobile Brigade and became subordinate to 8th Army Corps

8th Army Corps (Ukraine)

The 8th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.The 8th Order of the Red Star Tank Army was created in 1946 in the Carpathian Military District, Soviet Union. It was initially named as the 8th Mechanized Army and was...

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Currently Brigade has 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion

13th Airmobile Battalion (Ukraine)

The 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Battalion is made up of fully professional soldiers. The main purpose of the Battalion is to take part in peacekeeping operations.-Structure:*Staff Company...

 which consists of professionals soldiers and not conscripts and 2nd Airmobile Battalion which consists of conscripts based in Korbutovka (A-1910). Command of the Brigade, 1st Airmobile Battalion which consists of conscripts, specialized, artillery, logistics units based in Bohunia (A-0281).

Structure

All battalions are commonly referred to as 1st and 2nd and 3rd Battalions by the service members.

• ВЗРАБ
• Supply Battalion
• Reconnaissance Company
• Chemical Platoon
• Combat Engineer
• Artillery Battalion
• Supply Company
• Field Signal Node
• Fire Fighting Platoon
• Commandant Platoon
• Anti-Tank Battalion
• Management Platoon of Commander of Artillery
• 11th Battalion
  • Headquarters Company
• 12th Battalion
  • Headquarters Company
  • 4th Airmobile Company
  • 5th Airmobile Company
  • 6th Airmobile Company
  • Mortar Battery
    Artillery battery
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  • Anti-Tank Platoon
  • Anti-Aircraft Platoon
• 13th Battalion
  13th Airmobile Battalion (Ukraine)
  The 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Battalion is made up of fully professional soldiers. The main purpose of the Battalion is to take part in peacekeeping operations.-Structure:*Staff Company...
  
  

Past Commanders

• Colonel Kinzerskiy
• Colonel Chabanenko
• Colonel Hortuyk
• Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Shvets - 2008