265th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

265-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 40483

Activated 4.41 as the 265th Fighter Aviation Regiment, from the 119th independent Fighter Aviation Squadron.

1960 renamed 265th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1994.

Bases:

• Riga-Rumbula, Latvian SSR, 1945 - 1953 [56 52 48N, 24 13 37E]
• Poduzhemye, Karelian ASSR, 1953 - 1994 [64 55 10N, 34 15 52E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-3, 1941-1942
• Yak-1, 1942-1943
• Yak-9, 1943-1950
• MiG-15, 1950-1954
• MiG-17, 1954-1965
• MiG-17PF, 1965-1969
• Su-15, 1969-1994

Inventory:

• 11.90: 39 Su-15TM [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 336th Fighter Aviation Division, 11.43 - 13.6.55
• 113th Fighter Aviation Division, 13.6.55 - 1960
• 5th Air Defence Division, 1961 - 6.89
• 23rd Air Defence Division, 6.89 - 1994