From the following year its home base was at Mahlwinkel, East Germany, as part of the 16th Air Army.
Its members during this period included Anatoly Lebed, who was later made a Hero of the Russian Federation.
In 1994, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the regiment returned to Russia as part of the Russian Armed Forces, and was then based at Berdsk.
In 2011, it moved to Tolmachevo, where it was known briefly as the 562nd Army Aviation Base (562 abAA), before returning to its original name.
Other Russian Ground Forces helicopter regiments include the 39th, 55th, granted Guards status after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 112th, 319th, 332nd Independent Guards Helicopter Regiment (ru:332-й отдельный гвардейский вертолётный полк) at Pushkin with the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, 337th, 440th, 487th.