11th Army Aviation Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
It was formed following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of an independent Ukrainian nation. It was officially established in January 1992 on the basis of the 320th Helicopter Regiment, part of the former Soviet Army.
During the conflict in Georgia against self-proclaimed Abkhazian separatists between 1992 and 1993, the unit helped to airlift humanitarian supplies to Georgia in October 1993, evacuating more than 2,000 Georgian civilians. Two of the units’ helicopters were damaged during shelling and firing during the evacuation process.
In 1994, the regiment was reformed into the 2nd Army Aviation Brigade. Just under a decade later, in 2003, the brigade would be reformed once again and downsized into the 11th Army Aviation Regiment and subordinated under the jurisdiction of the 79th Air Assault Brigade.
In 2013, prior to hostilities in Donbas, the regiment was expanded to a brigade.
With the beginning of hostilities from Russia after the annexation of the Crimean peninsula, the unit began to reinforce Ukrainian soldiers stationed on the border with annexed Crimea.
On October 14, 2019, the brigade was awarded the honorary name “Kherson”.
At the onset of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, its base was overran during the first days of the conflict, with all of its aviation equipment being evacuated safely to other airfields across the country, with the rest of its fleet, such as damaged or spare vehicles, left behind. Most of the brigade’s equipment was recaptured during the liberation of Kherson in November 2022.
On the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2026, the brigade received the award For Courage and Bravery by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Insignia
The insignia displays a chevron with a subdued green canvas and silver grey border. Its core imagery contains four sharp, angular, knotted lines, in both grey and deep blue colors.
