The personnel of the regiment swore allegiance to Ukraine on January 19, 1992.[2]
In accordance with the directive of the Minister of Defense dated December 2, 2002, the 114th Fighter Aviation Regiment was merged with support units, resulting in the formation of a tactical aviation brigade.[2]
Since December 1, 2005, the fighter aviation brigade has been on combat duty for the first time with the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces.[3]
The flight crew is engaged in planned flight activities, and has repeatedly successfully performed flight tasks, flight-tactical exercises at Ivano-Frankivsk, Saky, Belbek, Lymanske, Lutsk, and Ozerne airfields.
In 2006, for the first time since 1993, the flight and tactical training of the aviation squadron was conducted, and finally, the aviation brigade participated in the command and staff training of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Clear Sky". During these exercises, Major Serhiy Golubtsov made a training and combat sortie and forced a conditional violator of the state border to land at a designated airfield.
From March 12 to April 7, 2007, at the base of the fighter aviation brigade, a flight training session was held with the fighter aircraft of the United Rapid Response Forces of the Ukrainian Air Force in order to prepare for the class of fighter aircraft of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Air Force on MiG-29 aircraft for complex types of flight training.
In April 2007, the flight crew successfully completed the task of meeting with the aviation flight crew of the Ukrainian Air Force on ground targets.[4]
On August 24, 2009, the aircraft of the 114th Brigade participated in the aviation part of the Independence Day Parade in Kyiv.
In connection with the holding of UEFA Euro 2012, the MiG-29 (b/n 55) was on combat duty to cover the airspace of Ukraine during the football tournament.
In the second half of 2012, the MiG-29 (b/n 55) together with its "brother" MiG-29 (b/n 54) were repainted in blue-yellow camouflage colors and became the so-called "pseudo-Sokols." The planes were painted in these colors for a demonstration flight over the Hostomel Airport during the Aviasvit-XXI exhibition.[5]
Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, the entire personnel of the unit has been on combat duty. In the summer of 2014, a consolidated group was formed, which participated in combat sorties to strike at militant columns.[6]
For a search zone flight, a typical load of the MiG-29 consisted of two outboard fuel tanks, two units of unguided C8 rockets, and sometimes, if the fuel supply allowed, a pair of RBC bomb cartridges. The first sorties of MiG-29s to isolate the area of hostilities were marked on August 5. In the Donetsk region, the search zones were designated in Yenakiieve, Shakhtarsk, and Amvrosiivka districts, and in Luhansk - around Luhansk.[7]
To ensure an almost continuous presence in the search areas, the MiG-29 flew up to three sorties per day for each side (although not every day).[7]
Despite this, the terrorists shot down the first MiG-29 (b/n 02) already on August 7.[citation needed] Its pilot, not understanding the situation, made an approach to the checkpoint of the DPR forces and was hit by a MANPADS as a result. But there is still no accurate data about the MiG-29 (b/n 53) shot down on August 17 near Luhansk.[8] According to some data, this was the last sortie of the "twenty-ninth" to isolate the area of hostilities. The risk of losing aircraft from air defense means, as well as, most likely, the failure of equipment caused by intensive operation, forced the military leadership to stop attempts to perform tasks in the isolation of combat areas. In total, at least five MiG-29s were involved for these purposes - not only from the 114th but also possibly from other aviation brigades.
Airmen decorated for combat actions include:
Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Mykolayovych Hayovchyk
Colonel Dmytro Oleksandrovich Makarov
Major Yakushevsky Oleksiy Viktorovych
On March 16, 2017, senior ensign Denega Vadym Vasyliovych tragically died in the area of the city of Sloviansk.[9] On November 3, 2017, Nesterenko Anatoliyovych Valery died of a sudden heart attack.[10]
On May 16, 2019, ensign Jus Vasyl Bogdanovych died during a two-sided battle from a fatal wound as a result of mortar shelling of the combat positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by terrorists near the village of Vodyane (Volnovasky district).
On February 24, 2022, Vasyl Volodymyrovych Khmelnytskyi (March 30, 1980 – February 24, 2022) was killed as a result of a missile attack by a military unit.
Modernization
On June 24, 2012, the MiG-29MU1 (b/n) modernized at the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant went to the 114th brigade.[11]
On April 10, 2014, the 114th brigade received a repaired MiG-29 fighter (b/n 10).[12]
On January 5, 2015, at the Ozerne airfield, President Poroshenko handed over 2 LDARZ repaired aircraft, MiG-29 (b/n 57) and MiG-29UB (b/n 86) to the Air Force for the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade.[13]
On December 30, 2015, the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant handed over the overhauled MiG-29 fighter (b/n 71) to the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade.[14]
On March 29, 2016, the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade received 4 MiG-29 front-line fighters (b/n 72, b/n 73, b/n 75, b/n 76) restored by the Lviv Aviation Repair Plant and 2 combat training aircraft L- 39 (b/n 72, b/n 123) restored by the Odesa Aviation Repair Plant.[15]
Structure
Management (including headquarters)
1st aviation squadron
2nd aviation squadron
Aviation TECH
Battalion of communication and radio technical support:
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Since November 18, 2015, as part of the joint military reform, the honorary titles and awards of the Soviet period were removed. The brigade was renamed the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade.
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