Helsinki Air Defence Regiment
The Helsinki Air Defence Regiment is a unit of the Armoured Brigade in Parola. The regiment was previously an independent Finnish Army unit located in Hyrylä. The regiment trained 800 conscripts per year.
In 2005 the Minister of Defence Seppo Kääriäinen announced that the garrison in Hyrylä would be closed as part of a cost-saving restructuring of the Finnish Defence Forces. On January 1, 2007, the operations of the regiment moved to the Armoured Brigade in Parola. Closing the Hyrylä garrison saves the Defence Forces about 5 million euro per year.
Organisation
The organisation of the independent regiment in 2005:- Headquarters
- Tuusula Air Defence Battalion
- * NCO School
- * Headquarters Battery
- * 1st Battery
- Uusimaa Air Defence Battalion
- * 2nd Battery
- * 3rd Battery
- * 4th Battery
- Air Defence School
- Logistics Centre
- Armoured Air Defence Battery
- Command Post Battery
- 1st Missile Air Defence Battery
- 2nd Missile Air Defence Battery