56th Bomber Aviation Regiment

56-й бомбардировочный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 21801

Activated 1968(?) as the 56th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1980 renamed 56th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

10.94 took over awards from the 523rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 2001(?).

Bases:

• Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast, 1968 - 2001 [50 46 10N, 128 46 27E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-17, 1968-1974

• MiG-21SM, 1974-1980

• Su-24, 1980-2001

• Su-24MR, 1998-2001 [from the 293rd ORAP]

Subordinated:

• 1st Air Army, 1968 - 1972

• 83rd Mixed Aviation Division, 1972 - 1980

• 83rd Bomber Aviation Division, 1980 - 2001