Combat helicopter squadron 5
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Combat helicopter squadron 5 |
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| active | November 1, 1975 to March 1991 |
| Country |
 GDR
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| Armed forces | National Peoples Army |
| Armed forces |
.svg){kind=small} Land Forces
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| Branch of service | Army air forces |
| Insinuation | Military District V |
| Squadron location | Basepohl Airfield |
| Web presence | KHG-5 |
| Last commander | |
| Major Erfurth | Squadron commander |
| insignia | |
| squadron | III |
| Aircraft | |
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Fighter aircraft / helicopter |
Mi-2 , Mi-8T , Mi-8TB , Mi-24D , Mi-24P |
The Combat Helicopter Squadron 5 Adolf von Lützow (KHG-5) was a flying unit of the NVA army aviation forces and was stationed in the Basepohl district of Stavenhagen . On March 1, 1980 it was named after the Prussian officer Adolf von Lützow .
 
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history
The KHG-5 was the first of two combat helicopter squadrons of the NVA. It was officially deployed on November 1, 1975 as the helicopter squadron 54 (HG-54) by taking over the Mi-2- equipped 3rd squadron and parts of the Mi-8T- equipped 5th squadron of the helicopter squadron 34 (HG-34) in Brandenburg- Briest .
Basepohl in the district of Neubrandenburg was selected as the location for the future "Helicopter Wing North" in 1973 and confirmed on November 13 of the same year. The area was developed militarily from the beginning of the 1970s and until then was only used by the land forces . From 1975 the construction of some stands and taxiways began by the construction pioneer battalion 14 (BPiB-14). The handover of the field to the HG-54 took place on October 12, 1975, but the expansion was continued parallel to the start of flight operations. Later on, a housing estate was built for the squadron members and their families in the immediate vicinity.
On November 24, 1975, the two former HG-34 squadrons moved to the new location. Since the NVA did not yet have combat helicopters at its disposal, the Mi-2 and Mi-8T were armed with machine guns, rocket containers and free-fall bombs and flown. By December 1975, the number of squadrons was increased to 21 Mi-2 and four Mi-8T. In 1977 the HG-54 received the first attack helicopters Mi-8TB (18 pieces).
In May 1978 the squadron was the first Warsaw Pact unit outside the Soviet Union to receive four copies of the Mi-24D attack helicopter . The first flight of a Mi-24D took place on July 4, 1978 in Basepohl. On December 1, 1981, the HG-54 was renamed Combat Helicopter Squadron 57 (KHG-57), and at the same time the KHG-67 was set up in Brandenburg-Briest as the second NVA troop unit of this type. On June 12, 1982, the two squadrons were subordinated to the FO FAFK (management body of the front and army aviation forces) within the air force / air defense .
From April 30, 1981, the KHG-57 was also integrated into the on- duty air defense system. For this purpose, a Mi-24D was stationed all year round on the site of the radio engineering company 432 in Groß Molzahn . In the months from April to October the locations of the FuTK 614 in Altensalzwedel (one Mi-24D) and FuTK 613 in Athenstedt (one Mi-8TB) were added.
On November 14, 1984, the KHG-57, following the model of the doctrine of the Red Army , was incorporated at the same time as the KHG-67 of the land forces with direct subordination to Military District V with its headquarters in Neubrandenburg . On July 15, 1986, a Mi-24 simulator PTW-241 was put into operation for training. The name was changed to Combat Helicopter Wing 5 on December 1, 1986. At this point in time there were 13 Mi-18TB and 20 Mi-24D in stock.
As the only unit within the NVA, the KHG-5 received twelve Mi-24Ps at the end of 1989, the first of which was transferred to Basepohl on December 15.
As a result of the turning point and peaceful revolution in the GDR , the KHG-5 was dissolved in March 1991 and integrated into the Bundeswehr as Army Aviation Squadron 80 . The existing Mi-8s had previously been demilitarized and four former Mi-8TBs were used as Mi-8Bs for SAR and air rescue tasks from April 1990. The Mi-24s were flown only sporadically and decommissioned on July 3, 1992. Two Mi-24D and Mi-24P were tested at the WTD 61 , and one each was given to the US Army for testing . The last flight within HFlgStff 80 took place on September 14, 1994, and the Basepohl base was then abandoned.
Helicopter inventory on October 2, 1990
| number | Type |
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| 10 | Mil Mi-8TB |
| 20th | Mil Mi-24D |
| 12 | Mil Mi-24P |
| 1 | Mil Mi-8PS |
| 4th | Mil Mi-9 (HSFA-5) |
| 4th | Mil Mi-2 (HSFA-5) |
literature
- 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 .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ The chronicle of the KHG-3 names 30 July 1982 as the submission date (p. 31)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 , p. 78/79
- ↑ Thomas Girke, Georg Bader: The aircraft of the NVA air forces - Wed-2. In: DHS series No. 2, Rinteln 1998, ISSN 1435-831X , p. 5