161st Rizhskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment

161-й истребительный Рижский ордена Суворова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 06855

Activated 8.41.

12.89 transferred to the Black Sea Fleet, and renamed 161st Maritime Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Pushkin, Leningrad Oblast, 1945 - 3.52
• Craiova, Romania, 3.52 - 8.58
• Limanskoye, Odessa Oblast, 8.58 - 1.92 [46 40 10N, 30 00 31E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-1, 1941-1943
• La-5, 1943-1944
• La-7, 1944-1950
• MiG-15, 1950-1955
• MiG-17, 1954-1963
• MiG-21PF/PFM, 1963-1972
• MiG-23, 1972-1974
• MiG-23M, 1973-1991
• MiG-29, 1990-1992

Subordination:

• 330th Fighter Aviation Division, 7.44 - 3.52
• 66th Fighter Aviation Division, 3.52 - 8.58
• 119th Fighter Aviation Division, 28.4.60 - 12.89
• 119th Maritime Fighter Aviation Division, 12.89 - 1.92