[1] The 13th Separate Airborne Brigade was activated in August 1968 in Magdagachi, part of the Far Eastern Military District.

The 332nd Aviation Group was broken up into the 394th and 398th Separate Helicopter Regiments on 1 September 1977.

In 1988, the brigade participated in a large exercise on Iturup.

Both helicopter regiments were detached in early 1988 and were subordinated directly to the Far Eastern Military District.

In December 1995, it again became part of the Far Eastern Military District.