79th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine)

79th Air Assault Brigade (2016–present) 79th Airmobile Brigade (2007–2016) 79th Airmobile Regiment (199X–2007) 40th Airmobile Brigade (1990–199X) 40th Air Assault Brigade (1979–198X)
Ukrainian: 79-та окрема десантно-штурмова бригада
79th Airmobile Brigade shoulder sleeve patch
Active	1979–present
Country	Soviet Union (1979–1991)  Ukraine (1992–present)
Branch	Airmobile Forces
Role	Airmobile
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operation Command South
Garrison/HQ	SolyanuMykolaiv Oblast MUN А0224
Motto(s)	"In Unity is Power" "В єднанні - сила!"
Engagements	War in Donbass
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Oleksiy Shandr
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter	Mi-24
Transport	Mi-8

79th Airmobile Brigade
(2007–2016)

79th Airmobile Regiment
(199X–2007)

40th Airmobile Brigade
(1990–199X)

The 79th Air Assault Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces. Brigade is located in Mykolaiv.

Soldiers from the Brigade have served as peacekeepers in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Kosovo, Sierra Leone.

In 2014 the Brigade took part in suppressing the 2014 insurgency in Donbass during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine. The brigade fought in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, where it and other Ukrainian military units became known as the "Cyborgs" due to their stubborn defense of the Donetsk Airport.

The Brigade's history began as 40th Air Assault Brigade in the fall of 1979, formed from elements of the 97th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 7th Guards Airborne Division. Later it was reorganized into the 40th Airborne Brigade between 6 December 1989 and 1 August 1990 (1 June 1990 according to Holm). That redesignation marked the transfer of the brigade from the Odessa Military District to the Soviet Airborne Troops. In September 1993 the Brigade was renamed 40th Separate Airmobile Brigade.

The 40th Brigade was reorganized and reduced into the 79th Airmobile Regiment.

On July 1, 2007 the Brigade was formed by combining the 79th Airmobile Regiment with 11th Army Aviation Regiment.

In 2014 the Brigade took part in the fighting of the 2014 insurgency in Donbass during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine. 54 persons called up for mobilization (and thus serving in the Brigade) deserted.