865th order of Labour Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

865-й истребительный ордена Трудового Красного Знамени авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 54899

Activated 15.5.39 as the 20th Assault Aviation Regiment.

1940 renamed 75th Assault Aviation Regiment.

10.44 renamed 410th Assault Aviation Regiment.

4.49 renamed 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

4.49 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1.7.98 transferred to the Pacific Fleet.

Bases:

• Yelizovo, Kamchatskaya Oblast, 1945 - today [53 10 05N, 158 27 04E]

Aircraft:

• R-3, 1939-1940

• I-15bis, 1940-1943

• Il-2, 1943-1947

• P-63 Kingcobra, 1947-1952

• MiG-15, 7.52-1956

• MiG-17, 1956-1963

• MiG-19PM, 1958-1965 [one AE only]

• Yak-25M, 1959-1965 [one AE only]

• Su-9, 1963-1974

• Yak-28P, 10.65-1974 [one AE only]

• Su-15TM, 1974-1985

• MiG-31, 1985-today

Subordinated:

• 128th Mixed Aviation Division, 1944 - 1945

• 128th Fighter Aviation Division, 1945 - 1.49

• 222nd Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1.49 - 3.57

• Kamchatskaya Air Defence Division, 3.57 - 3.60

• 6th Air Defence Division, 3.60 - 5.80

• VVS Far Eastern Military District, 5.80 - 5.86

• 6th Air Defence Division, 5.86 - 1990

• 72nd Air Defence Corps, 1990 - 1994

• 6th Air Defence Division, 1994 - 7.98

• Pacific Fleet, 1.7.98 - today