54th Guards Kerchenskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment
54-й гвардейский истребительный
Керченский Краснознаменный авиационный полк
Military Unit: 06931
Activated 1940 as the 237th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
3.2.43 renamed 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
3.60 transferred to the Air Defense Forces (PVO).
1992 absorbed the 594th Training Fighter Aviation Regiment.
10.9.2002 renamed 3958th Guards Aviation Base.
Bases:
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Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 5.45 - 8.45 [54 47 15N, 20 37
10E]
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Vainode, Latvian SSR, 8.45 - 1992 [56 24 27N, 21 53 19E]
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Savostleyka, Gorkiy Oblast, 1992 - 2002 [55 26 32N, 42 18
35E]
Aircraft:
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I-153, 1940-1941
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Yak-1, 1941-1943
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Yak-9, 1943-1944
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P-39 Aircobra, 1944-1946
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P-63 Kingcobra, 1946-1949
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La-9, 7.49-12.50
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MiG-15, 11.50-5.53
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MiG-17, 2.53 - 1967
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Yak-25M, 7.55 - 1967
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Su-15, 1967-1970's
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Su-15TM, 1970's-1987
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Su-27, 1987-2002
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MiG-31, 1994-2002
Inventory:
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11.90: 38 Su-27 [CFE treaty data exchange]
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1.1.2000: 39 Su-27 and 8 MiG-31 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordination: