95th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine)

95th Airmobile Brigade
New sleeve patch of the Brigade
Active	1994/95–present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Airmobile
Size	1,200
Part of	8th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	A0281 А1910 Zhytomyr Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Motto(s)	Strength, Courage, Honor
Anniversaries	October 5, 1994
Engagements	KFOR United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone Iraq Campaign War in Donbass
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant Colonel Oleh Huliak
Insignia
Airmobile Forces insignia

The 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade (Ukrainian: 95 окрема десантно-штурмова бригада), the main ground forces component of Ukraine’s rapid reaction force. The brigade is located in Zhytomyr. The brigade is one of the Ukrainian Partnership for Peace units.

The 95th Training Center of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces was created in the early 1990s in Zhytomyr (Korbutovka base) on the base of 242nd Training Tank Regiment. The 242nd Training Tank Regiment had been part of the 117th Guards Tank Training Division. Training Center acquires second base - Bohunia. In 1995 Training Center was reorganized into 95th Separate Airborne Brigade. All of the units except staff and reconnaissance company moved to Bohunia base.

The first jumps in the Brigade occurred in 1994. The brigade was also one of the first airmobile units to receive its Battle Flag. It received the Flag on October 5, 1994. Until the spring of 1996 all of the jumps were done from Mi-8 helicopters. By the end of the Ukrainian summer of 1996 soldiers began jumping from Il-76 aircraft. All the jumps were in the region of Smokovka, and in the Brigade's training range, located in the area of Starokonstantinin road across the Teterev river. Currently, the brigade's drop zone is located near the Singury settlement, 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Zhytomyr.

The Brigade originally had 4 battalions, 1 of which was later disbanded. Soldiers from the Brigade took part in peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and between 2003 and 2005 in Iraq.

In 2000 the brigade was reorganized into an Airmobile Brigade and became subordinate to the 8th Army Corps. Currently, the brigade includes the 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion, which consists of professional soldiers instead of conscripts. The brigade also includes the 2nd Airmobile Battalion which consists of conscripts based in Korbutovka (A-1910). Brigade headquarters and the conscript 1st Airmobile Battalion, specialized, artillery, and logistics units are based in Bohunia (A-0281).