689th Guards Sandomirskiy order of
Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni Marshal of Aviation A.I.
Pokryshkina
689-й гвардейский истребительный
Сандомирский ордена Александра Невского
авиационный полк
ПВО имени маршала авиации А.И. Покрышкина
Military Unit: 45169; from 1.49: 21865
Activated 1940 as the 55th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
7.3.42 renamed 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) renamed 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
10.52 transferred to the VVS Baltic Fleet.
1960 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 689th
Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.
23.8.68 to 11.11.68 deployed to Zatec, Czechoslovakia [50 19
02N, 13 30 48E].
26.7.94 transferred to the VVS Baltic Fleet, and renamed 689th
Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
8.2009 absorbed by the 6967th Aviation Base.
Bases:
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Grossenhain, Germany, 8.5.45 - 18.5.45 [51 18 26N, 13 33
13E]
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Riesa-Canitz, Germany, 18.5.45 - 4.6.45 [51 18 11N, 13 13 43E]
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Absdorf, Austria, 4.6.45 - 24.7.46 [48 24 57N, 15 58 56E]
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Eisenstadt, Austria, 24.7.46 - 3.47 [47 47 56N, 16 33 41E]
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Wiener-Neustadt, Austria, 3.47 - 2.51 [47 50 16N, 16 13 17E]
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Eisenstadt, Austria, 2.51 - 13.3.51 [47 47 56N, 16 33
41E]
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Papa, Hungary, 13.3.51 - 15.8.51 [47 21 45N, 17 29 51E]
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Strasshof, Austria, 15.8.51 - 10.52 [48 18 00N, 16 37 25E]
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Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast, 10.52 - 15.12.02 [54 33 46N, 20
36 07E]
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Chkalovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 15.12.02 - today [54 46 04N, 20
23 57E]
Aircraft:
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I-153, 1940-1941
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I-16, 1940-1941
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MiG-3, 1941-1942
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Yak-1, 1942-1943
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P-39 Airacobra, 1942-1946
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P-63 Kingcobra, 1946-1951
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MiG-15, 3.51-1954
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MiG-17, 11.53-1957 [also MiG-17P]
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MiG-19S/P, 10.56-1977
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MiG-23M, 1977-1989
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Su-27, 1989-today
Inventory:
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11.90: 36 Su-27 [CFE treaty data exchange]
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2000: 28 Su-27 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordinated: