131st Novgorodskaya Red Banner Mixed Aviation Division

131-я смешанная Новгородская Краснознаменная авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 55022, from 8.68: 10300

Activated 6.42 as the 269th Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Wittstock, Germany):

• 42nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with Yak-9
• 287th Fighter Aviation Regiment with Yak-3
• 845th Fighter Aviation Regiment with Yak-3

In 12.45 the 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment joined the division as the 4th regiment.

In 4.47 the 287th Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded.

20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) renamed 131st Fighter Aviation Division.

In 7.49 the 42nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was replaced by the 916th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Organisation 1950:

• 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Grossenhain, East Germany) with Yak-9
• 845th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Brandis, East Germany) with Yak-9
• 916th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Grossenhain, East Germany) with Yak-9

The 845th and 916th Fighter Aviation Regiment were both disbanded in 1960.

Organisation 1961:

• 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Cherlyany, Lvov Oblast) with MiG-17
• 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Zhovtnevoye, Volynskaya Oblast) with MiG-19
• 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast) with MiG-17

8.68 renamed 131st Mixed Aviation Division.

Organisation 1970:

• 114th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sliach, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-21
• 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Mimon-Gradchany, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-21
• 390th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Zvolen, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-21R. and others

390th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment was disbanded 6.74.

Organisation 1980:

• 114th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sliach, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-23
• 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Mimon-Gradchany, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-21bis

8.84 the 236th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment replaced the 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

From 1985 only controlled the two regiments - the remainder units came under the new VVS Central Group of Forces.

Organisation 1989:

• 114thth Fighter Aviation Regiment (Milovice, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-23M
• 236th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Mimon-Gradchany, Czechoslovakia) with MiG-27D

Disbanded 1991.

Bases:

• Wittstock, Germany, 5.45 - 5.45 [53 12 04N, 12 31 20E]
• Pila, Poland, 5.45 - 10.49 [53 10 01N, 16 42 37E]
• Grossenhain, Germany, 10.49 - 10.51 [51 18 27N, 13 33 14E]
• Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, 10.51 - 8.68 [48 53 09N, 24 41 32E] - reportedly at Sambor, Lvov Oblast in the 1950's
• Milovitse, Czechoslovakia, 8.68 - 1991 [50 14 10N, 14 55 20E]

Subordination:

• 4th Air Army, 12.44 - 6.45
• 8th Fighter Aviation Corps, 6.45 - 1947
• 5th Air Army, 1947 - 10.49
• 61st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, 10.49 - 10.51
• 57th Air Army, 10.51 - 4.68
• 14th Air Army, 4.68 - 8.68
• Central Group of Forces, 8.68 - 1985
• VVS Central Group of Forces, 1985 - 1991