174th Guards Kievskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Fighter Aviation Division PVO

174-я гвардейская истребительная Киевская Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Богдана Хмельницкого авиационная дивизия ПВО

Military Unit: 15410

Activated 5.42 as the 217th Fighter Aviation Division.

1.5.43 renamed 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Götzendorf, Austria):

• 40th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 88th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment joined the division in 12.45, from the disbanded 322nd Fighter Aviation Division.

The 88th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded 4.47.

20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) renamed 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, and 20.9.50 transferred to the air defence forces (PVO).

Organisation 1950:

• 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Pirsagat, Azerbaizhan SSR) with MiG-15
• 627th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Salyany, Azerbaidzhan SSR) with MiG-15
• 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Salyany, Azerbaidzhan SSR) with MiG-15

In 7.59 the 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO left the division.

Organisation 1960:

• 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Pirsagat, Azerbaizhan SSR) with MiG-17
• 627th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Salyany, Azerbaidzhan SSR) with MiG-19

Disbanded 1960.

Bases:

• Götzendorf, Austria, 5.45 - 12.45 [48 01 59N, 16 34 15E]
• Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 12.45 - 11.47 [47 08 36N, 18 25 10E]
• Pirsagat, Azerbaizhan SSR, 11.47 - 1960 [39 51 23N, 49 20 25E] - arrived 11.47 to 2.48

Subordination:

• 5th Fighter Aviation Corps, 2.43 - 2.49
• 62nd Fighter Aviation Corps, 2.49 - 9.50
• 62nd Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, 9.50 - 1955
• Baku Air Defence District, 1955 - 1960