HELICOPTER ATTACK REGIMENT POLOTSK AIRFIELD NORTHWEST, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 17, 1982
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HELICOPTER ATTACK REGIMENT
POLOTSK AIRFIELD NORTHWE$T, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A HELICOPTER ATTACK REGIMENT IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED IN THE CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRICT. HALO, THE NEW
SOVIET HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTER, MAY ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
ATTACK REGIMENT AND SUGGESTS THAT HALO IS NOW ENTERING SERVICE
AS A REPLACEMENT FOR HOOK.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A HELICOPTER ATTACK REGIMENT IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED AT POLOTSK AIRFIELD NORTHWEST IN THE CARPATHIAN
MILITARY DISTRICT. THIS REGIMENT CONSISTS OF 15 HIP AND FIVE
HIND (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC). TEN HI P D SIX HIND WERE PRESENT
IN THE CLOUD-FREE AREAS ON IN ADDITION. ONE HALO 25X1
IS PRESENT AND MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTACK REGIMENT.
THIS IS THE SECOND DEPLOYMENT OF HALO AT AN OPERATIONAL
AIRFIELD.
(S/D) THE HALO IS A NEW SOVIET HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTER WHICH
COULD BEGIN REPLACING THE HOOK. APPARENTLY, THE HALO IS NOW
BEGINNING TO ENTER SERVICE. THE ONLY OTHER OPERATIONAL
DEPLOYMENT OF HALO OCCURRED ON AT TORZHOK AIRFIELD 25X1
THE TORZHOK DEPLOYMENT WAS ALSO ASSOCIATED 25X1
WITH A HELICOPTER ASSAULT REGIMENT. PRIOR TO THIS HELICOPTER
DEPLOYMENT, POLOTSK SUPPORTED LIGHT TRANSPORT OPERATIONS.
POLOTSK IS IN THE CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRICT AND TORZHOK IS
IN THE MOSCOW MILITARY DISTRICT.
3.I I COORDINATES 55-36-34N 028-40-38E
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