174th Guards Pechengskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO im. B.F. Safonov

174-й гвардейский истребительный Печенгский Краснознаменный авиационный полк ПВО им. Б.Ф.Сафонова

Military Unit: 49207

Activated 23.12.39 as the 72nd Mixed Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

11.9.42 renamed 2nd Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

14.10.42 renamed 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

29.4.48 renamed 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

4.2.57 renamed 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1.9.01.

Bases:

• Ura-Guba, Murmansk Oblast, 1944 - 1948 [69 16 30N, 32 48 50E] - exact location uncertain
• Lyostari, Murmansk Oblast, 1948 - 1956 [69 24 03N, 30 59 28E]
• Kilp-Yavr, Murmansk Oblast, 1956 - 1962 [69 05 39N, 32 24 05E]
• Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, 1962 - 2001 [67 59 20N, 33 00 54E]

Aircraft:

• I-15bis, 1939-1942
• I-153, 1939-1942
• I-16, 1939-1942
• SB, 1939-1942
• Hurricane, 1942-1944
• P-40, 1942-1944
• P-39, 1942-1953
• MiG-15, 5.53-1955
• MiG-17, 1954-1948
• MiG-17PF, 8.54-1958
• MiG-19P/PM, 7.58-1964
• MiG-19S/SV, 12.58-1964
• Yak-25M, 8.60 - 1964 [one squadron only]
• Yak-28P, 8.62-1983
• MiG-31, 1983-2001

Inventory:

• 11.90: 29 MiG-31, 6 MiG-25 [CFE treaty data exchange]
• 2000: 33 MiG-31 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 6th Fighter Aviation Division VVS VMF, 7.43 - 1948
• 91st Fighter Aviation Division VVS VMF, 1948 - 2.57
• 91st Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 2.57 - 1960
• 21st Air Defence Corps, 1960 - 2001