953rd Vitebskiy orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Bomber Aviation Regiment

953-й бомбардировочный Витебский орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 15550

Activated 4.43 as the 953rd Assault Aviation Regiment.

5.57 renamed 953rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (953rd IBAP - and from 1976 - 953rd APIB).

1978 renamed 953rd Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1994 transferred to Kamenka, Penza Oblast, and was absorbed by the 20th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Pruzhany, Brest Oblast, 8.8.45 - 21.7.46 [52 33 46N, 24 30 36E]
• Zhabchitsy, Brest Oblast, 21.7.46 - 1959 [52 07 25N, 25 58 26E]
• Bobrovichi, Gomel Oblast, 1959 - 1994 [52 16 43N, 29 21 24E]

Aircraft:

• Il-2, 1943-1946?
• Il-10, 1946?-1955?
• MiG-15, 1955?-1960?
• MiG-17, 1957?-1961?
• Su-7B, 1961-1978
• Su-24, 1978-1994

Subordination:

• 311th Assault Aviation Division, 1943 - 1957
• 311th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1957 - 1960
• 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1960 - 1980
• 32nd Bomber Aviation Division, 1980 - 1992
• 26th Air Army, 1992 - 1994