23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni 50th Anniversary SSSR

23-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО имени 50-летия СССР

Military Unit: 74456

Activated 1950 in Rzhev, Tver Oblast.

1972 named "imeni 50-Letiya SSSR".

Disbanded 1980.

Bases:

• Rzhev, Kalinin (Tver) Oblast, 1950 - 1980 [56 15 40N, 34 24 31E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-15, 1950-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1962
• Su-9, 1962-1980

Subordination:

• 17th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1950 - 1960
• 2nd Air Defense Corps, 1960 - 1980