The regiment reportedly showed solid skills for action in the mountain wilderness and was praised by higher command.

In 1969, the regiment participated in tactical exercises with the troops of the Central Asian Military District and received a good evaluation.

The brigade conducted airdropping exercises to seize the dominant mountain heights and passes in event of a war.

Before this dropping, a landing on the foot of Lenin Peak took place at an altitude of 6100 meters by 36 conscripts of the regiment under the command of Captain George Taynasa.

According to the military authorities, the 111th was to land in Xinjiang and capture Urumqi in the event of large-scale conflict with China.

[6] In the fall, the division was broken up into three separate air assault brigades and the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment.

The official brigade formation day is considered to be 20 November, when its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Shvets, issued his first order.

[3] Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the 105th was not reformed and the brigade was withdrawn from the incomplete 105th Guards Airborne Division on 24 April 1992.

From the summer of 1992 to July 1994 elements of the brigade formed a consolidated battalion with other Kazakh units and fought in the Tajikistani Civil War.

The officer shortage forced[citation needed] Kazakh military leadership to reduce the size of units.

The brigade was forced[citation needed] to disband the 4th Battalion, a reconnaissance company, and the airborne mortar batteries.

With the growth of the Kazakh economy and increased funding, a partial reformation of the disbanded units began.