125th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division

125-я авиационная дивизия истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 35505; from 10.51: 80580

Activated 3.42 as the 125th Fighter Aviation Division PVO.

Organisation 5.45 (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR):

• 730th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
• 787th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

In 7.45 the 441st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO joined the division.

In 12.45 the 441st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO left the division, and was replaced by the 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Organisation 1950:

• 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) with Yak-9
• 730th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) with Yak-3
• 787th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR) with Yak-3

10.51 renamed 125th Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 1960:

• 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Lärz, Germany) with MiG-19
• 730th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Neuruppin, Germany) with MiG-17
• 787th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Templin, Germany) with MiG-17/19 and Yak-25M

7.60 renamed 125th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division.

10.7.60 two regiments (33rd and 787th) were transferred to the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, and were replaced by two Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiments (19th Guards and 20th Guards) from the same division.

Organisation 1970:

• 19th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lärz, Germany) with Su-7B
• 20th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Parchim, Germany) with Su-7BM
• 730th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Neuruppin, Germany) with Su-7B

Organisation 1980:

• 19th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lärz, Germany) with MiG-27
• 20th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Templin, Germany) with Su-17M4
• 730th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Neuruppin, Germany) with Su-17M4

Organisation 1990:

• 19th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lärz, Germany) with MiG-27
• 20th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Templin, Germany) with Su-17M4
• 730th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Neuruppin, Germany) with Su-17M4

Disbanded 10.93 (possibly 7.93).

Bases:

• Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, 1945 - 10.51 [54 38 07N, 25 17 06E]
• Finow, Germany, 10.51 - 10.56 [52 49 41N, 13 41 39E]
• Rechlin, Germany, 10.56 - 15.7.93 [HQ in town, not at airfield]
• Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, 7.93 - 10.93 [48 57 15N, 40 17 58E]

Subordination:

• 13th Air Defence Corps PVO, 1944 - 10.51
• 71st Fighter Aviation Corps, 10.51 - 5.88
• 16th Air Army, 5.88 - 7.93