171st Tylskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

171-й истребительный Тульский авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 64371

Activated 4.41 in Myasnovo, Moscow Oblast, as the 171st Fighter Aviation Regiment.

7.50 renamed 171st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

8.51 renamed 171st Fighter Aviation Regiment.

7.54 again renamed 171st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1992.

Bases:

• Tukums, Latvian SSR, 1945 - 8.46 [56 56 31N, 23 13 21E]
• Lida, Grodno Oblast, 8.46 - 10.48 [53 52 35N, 25 22 34E]
• Kobrin, Brest Oblast, 10.48 - 7.50 [52 14 14N, 24 20 51E]
• Kimry, Kalinin Oblast, 7.50 - 9.51 [56 47 54N, 37 19 50E]
• Gudauta, Abkhazskaya ASSR, 9.51 - 10.82 [43 06 11N, 40 34 46E]
• Ugolnye Kopi, Chukot Autonomous Okrug, 10.82 - 1992 [64 44 13N, 177 44 25E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 4.41-1942
• I-153, 4.41-1941
• MiG-3, 7.41-1943
• La-5, 4.43-1945
• La-7, 11.44-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1956
• MiG-17, 1955-1967
• Yak-28P, 1967-1975
• Su-15TM, 1975-1992

Subordination:

• 315th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.43 - 7.50
• 315th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 7.50 - 8.51
• 315th Fighter Aviation Division, 8.51 - 7.54
• 315th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 7.54 - 4.60
• 14th Air Defence Corps, 4.60 - 4.80
• VVS Transcaucasian Military District, 4.80 - 10.82
• VVS Far Eastern Military District, 10.82 - 5.86
• 25th Air Defence Division, 5.86 - 1992