Combat helicopter squadron 3
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Combat helicopter squadron 3 |
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| active | December 1, 1981 to March 26, 1991 |
| Country |
 GDR
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| Armed forces |
.svg){kind=small} National Peoples Army
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| Armed forces |
.svg){kind=small} Land Forces
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| Branch of service | Army air forces |
| Insinuation |
Military District III (Peace) Army Air Force of the 1st Front ( GSSD ) (War) |
| Squadron location | Cottbus-Nord airfield |
| Web presence | KHG-3 |
| Last commander | |
| Squadron commander | Lieutenant Colonel Gerd Franke |
| insignia | |
| squadron | III |
| Aircraft | |
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Fighter aircraft / helicopter |
Mi-8TB , Mi-24D |
 
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Squadron location |
The Combat Helicopter Squadron 3 Ferdinand von Schill (KHG-3) was an association of the National People's Army of the GDR . It was stationed at the Cottbus-Nord airfield . As part of the Army Air Force, it was subordinated to the Land Forces .
history
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One year after the establishment of the first combat helicopter association of the NVA, the helicopter squadron 54 , the helicopter squadron 64 in Brandenburg-Briest was formed on December 1, 1976 within the helicopter squadron 34 . Initially, the HS-64 was equipped with Mi-8T that had been converted into combat helicopters , but received Mi-8TB helicopters in 1979 and some Mi-24Ds in 1981 . On December 1, 1981, the HS-64 was separated from the HG-34 and officially set up as the 67 combat helicopter squadron . At that time the unit consisted of two squadrons with 13 Mi-8TB, four Mi-24D, two Mi-8T and one Mi-8S.
After the relocation of the Fighter Wing 1 from Cottbus to the Holzdorf airfield , the field was occupied by the KHG-67 in November 1982. For flight operations, a few additional parking spaces made of precast concrete parts were created in addition to the existing infrastructure. On December 1, 1982, the site was officially taken over. Previously, on June 12 of the same year, the squadron and the KHG-57 , which had been set up in Basepohl in 1975, were subordinated to the FO FAFK (command body of the front and army aviation forces) within the air forces / air defense . In 1983, planning began to place the two squadrons under the land forces, in accordance with Soviet doctrine. In September 1983, the squadron was therefore enlarged by a third squadron. In addition to the Mi-8T and Mi-2 , it also had four Mi-9s acting as flying command centers from May 29, 1984. On November 14th it was taken over by the land forces of the NVA with subordination to MB III (military district) based in Leipzig.
From April 1982 the KHG-67 was also responsible for airspace and border security tasks ( DHS ). For this purpose a Mi-8TB, later a Mi-24D, was stationed at Meiningen airfield all year round. In the months of April to October, the radio technology companies 514 in Kreuzebra (a Mi-8TB) and 512 in Steinheid (a Mi-24D) were added.
On December 1, 1986, the recently established 3rd squadron with four Mi-2 and four Mi-9 was detached from the squadron and under the name HSFA-3 (helicopter squadron of command and reconnaissance) placed directly under the military district command, at the same time received the KHG -67 the name Combat Helicopter Squadron 3 . At that time, the KHG-3 had 13 Mi-8TB and 19 Mi-24D. For the next few years an expansion of the base and an increase to three combat helicopter squadrons were planned, but the reduced armament expenditure from the mid-1980s prevented larger implementations. The construction of the 3rd season was canceled after the political events in 1990.
After the political change , four Mi-8TB of the squadron were demilitarized and used together with two Mi-2s of the HSFA-3 for SAR and air rescue tasks from April 1990. On October 3, 1990, the KHG-3 was temporarily taken over by the Bundeswehr. The remaining Mi-8TB were then also disarmed and used as Mi-8B for transport tasks, the Mi-24D only flown to maintain the condition. On March 26, 1991, the KHG-3 was finally disbanded and merged with the Heeresfliegerstaffel Ost and Heeresfliegerstaffel 70 . Both squadrons had eight Mi-8B and two Mi-2A each. The Mi-24D were no longer used and were eventually given to Poland and Hungary or taken to museums.
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | period of service | Remarks |
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| Lieutenant colonel | Rainer Krautz | December 1, 1981 - July 31, 1989 | |
| Lieutenant colonel | Gerd Franke | June 1, 1989 - July 31, 1989 | in representation |
| Lieutenant colonel | Gerd Franke | August 1, 1989 - October 2, 1990 |
Helicopter inventory on October 2, 1990
| number | Type |
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| 16 | Mil Mi-8TB |
| 19th | Mil Mi-24D |
| 4th | Mil Wed-9 |
| 4th | Mil Wed-2 |
| 1 | Mil Mi-8S |
literature
- Hilmar Hochwald: Chronicle of the KHG-3 "Ferdinand von Schill" . Self-published, Cottbus 2012.
- Wilfried Copenhagen : The Air Force of the NVA . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02235-4 .
- Thomas Girke, Georg Bader, Thomas Bussmann: The planes of the National People's Army - Mi-8T / TB . In: DHS series . Bucholz Media, 2001, ISSN 1430-0117 .
- Thomas Bussmann: Reinforced concrete, grass and railway lights - the airfields used by the military in the GDR . MediaScript, Cottbus, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814822-0-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ KHG67 on lsklv-ddr.de, viewed on December 18, 2012
- ↑ Thomas Girke, Georg Bader, Thomas Bussmann: The aircraft of the National People's Army - Mi-8T / TB. In: DHS series. Bucholz Medien, Rinteln 2001, ISSN 1430-0117 . P. 145
- ↑ Thomas Bußmann: Reinforced concrete, grass and railway lights - the airfields used by the military in the GDR. MediaScript, Cottbus, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814822-0-1 , pp. 98/99
- ^ Detlef Billig, Manfred Meyer: Airplanes of the GDR. Type book military and civil aviation. Volume II until 1972. Friedland 2002, ISBN 3-613-02241-9 . P. 187
- ^ Detlef Billig, Manfred Meyer: Airplanes of the GDR. Type book military and civil aviation. Volume II until 1972. Friedland 2002, ISBN 3-613-02241-9 . P. 186