170th Guards Smolenskiy Red Banner Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment

170-й гвардейский морской ракетоносный Смоленский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 15585

Activated 18.8.41 as the 455th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment.

21.3.42 renamed 455th Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

19.8.44 renamed 30th Guards Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 30th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

21.12.45 renamed 170th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1950 renamed 170th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

2.55 transferred to the Navy - Baltic Fleet, and renamed 170th Guards Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

10.57 renamed 170th Guards Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

27.4.61 renamed 170th Guards Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

In 12.78 the third squadron with Tu-16SPS, was used to activate the 342nd Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare.

The 3rd squadron (Tu-16SPS) was reformed in 1989, when the 342nd Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare was disbanded.

Disbanded 3.91.

Bases:

• Biala Podlaska, Poland, 1945 - 5.46 [52 00 16N, 23 08 30N]

• Novozybkhov (Klimovo), Bryansk Oblast, 5.46 - 1.51 [52 20 30N, 32 10 12E]

• Bykhov, Mogilev Oblast, 1.51 - 3.91 [53 31 05N, 30 11 53E]

Aircraft:

• Il-4, 1942-1950

• Tu-4, 1950-1956

• Tu-16, 1956-1959 (3rd squadron used Tu-16SPS to 1991)

• Tu-16K-10, 1959-1976

• Tu-22M2, 1976-1989

• Tu-22M3, 1989-1991

Subordinated:

• 133rd Aviation Division, 8.41 - 3.42

• 36th Air Division Long Range, 3.42 - 12.44

• 36th Bomber Aviation Division, 12.44 - 4.46

• 57th Bomber Aviation Division, 4.46 - 2.50

• 57th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 2.50 - 2.55

• 57th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division, 2.55 - 10.57

• 57th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division Long-Range, 10.57 - 4.61

• 57th Maritime Missile Aviation Division, 4.61 - 9.61

• Baltic Fleet, 9.61 - 9.63

• 57th Maritime Missile Aviation Division, 9.63 - 3.91