303rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment

303-й тяжелый бомбардировочный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 65348

Activated 1941 as the 303rd Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1946 renamed 303rd Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1951 renamed 303rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1994.

Bases:

• Zavitinsk, Amur Oblast, 4.46 - 1994 [50 11 27N, 129 30 13E]

Aircraft:

• Il-4, 1942-1951

• Tu-4, 51-1957

• Tu-16, 1956-1994

• Tu-16K, 1972-1994 [2 squadrons with Tu-16K, and the third squadron with Tu-16 elint versions]

Subordinated:

• 55th Bomber Aviation Division, 1941-1946

• 33rd Bomber Aviation Division, 1946 - 1951

• 84th Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, 1951 - 1956

• 55th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1956 - 1994