763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

763-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 40372

Activated 21.6.52 at Yugorsk-2 (Komsomolskiy), Khanty-Mansiyskiy Autonomous Okrug.

In mid-1969 half of the regiment were deployed to Zavitinsk, Amur Oblast [50 11 25N, 129 30 09E], due to the situation along the Soviet-Chinese border.

Disbanded 1998.

Bases:

• Yugorsk-2 (Komsomolskiy), Khanty-Mansiyskiy Autonomous Okrug, 1952 - 1998 [61 16 02N, 63 08 31E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-9, 1952-1953
• MiG-15bis, 17.3.53-1957
• Yak-25, 1.10.55-1966 [one AE only]
• MiG-17, 1957-1966
• Yak-28P, 4.66-1983
• MiG-31, 15.5.83-1998

Inventory:

• 1.1.91: 30 MiG-31 and 6 MiG-25U

Subordination:

• 87th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1952 - 1964
• 20th Air Defence Corps, 1964 - 1998