97th Fighter Aviation Division PVO

97-я истребительная авиационная дивизия ПВО

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 8.49 in Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast, as the 97th Fighter Aviation Division PVO.

Organisation 1951:

• 148th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Oreshkovo, Kaluga Oblast) with MiG-15
• 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Maloyaroslavets, Kaluga Oblast) with MiG-15
• 178th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Oreshkovo, Kaluga Oblast) with MiG-15

In 4.52 the 178th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO left the division.

5.11.52 transferred to the VVS, and renamed 97th Fighter Aviation Division.

In 8.55 the 112th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment joined the division.

Organisation 1958:

• 148th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Saki, Crimean Oblast) with MiG-17
• 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Saki, Crimean Oblast) with MiG-17
• 178th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Dzhankoy, Crimean Oblast) with MiG-17

Disbanded 12.59.

Bases:

• Morshansk, Tambov Oblast, 8.49 - 1.52 [53 26 25N, 41 44 15E]
• Andun, China, 1.52 - 9.52 [40 01 26N, 124 17 05E]
• Saki, Crimean Oblast, 25.10.52 - 12.59 [45 05 30N, 33 35 56E] - via the Baku area

Subordination:

• 37th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, 1949 - 1.52
• 64th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, 1.52 - 8.52
• 52nd Fighter Aviation Corps, 10.52 - 5.56
• 48th Air Army, 15.5.56 - 12.59