722nd independent Bomber Aviation Regiment

722-й отдельный бомбардировочный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 35519

Activated 1.42 as the 722nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1951 renamed 722nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1960 renamed 722nd independent Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1989 renamed 722nd independent Bomber Aviation Regiment.

2009 absorbed by the 6970th Aviation Base (Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast).

Bases:

• Minsk, Minsk Oblast, 1944 - 1946 [53 54 40N, 27 42 24E]

• Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast, 1946 - 1948 [53 16 13N, 34 20 12E]

• Vyazma, Smolensk Oblast, 1948 - 1951 [55 09 00N, 34 22 52E]

• Besovets, Karelskaya ASSR, 1951 - 1960 [61 53 12N, 34 09 09E]

• Smuravevo, Pskov Oblast, 1960 -2009 [58 48 57N, 28 00 45E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-3, 1942-1945

• Yak-1, 1942-1945

• Yak-9(?), 1945-1950

• MiG-15, 1950-1960?

• MiG-17, 1958-1968

• Su-7BM, 1968-1974

• MiG-23B, 9.74-1975

• MiG-23BN, 9.74-1977

• MiG-27, 1975-1989

• Su-24, 1989-1994

• Su-24M, 1990-2009

Inventory:

• 11.90: 30 Su-24 [CFE treaty data exchange]

• 2000: 29 Su-24M [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 328th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1944 - 1951

• 26th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1951 - 1960

• 76th Air Army, 1960-1980

• VVS Leningrad Military District, 1980-1988

• 76th Air Army, 1988 - 1992

• 149th Mixed Aviation Division, 1992 - 1998

• 6th Air Army VVS and PVO, 1998 - 2009