48th independent Guards Nizhnednestrovskiy order of Suvorov Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

48-й отдельный гвардейский разведывательный Нижнеднестровский ордена Суворова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 36706

Activated 1940 as the 40th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

12.41 renamed 40th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

8.2.43 renamed 48th Guards Aviation Regiment for Long-Range Reconnaissance of the High Command KA.

7.44 renamed 48th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Gostomel, Kiev Oblast, 1945 - 1960 [50 36 09N, 30 11 37E]
• Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, 1960 - today [48 31 41N, 25 07 32E] - possibly earlier than 1960

Aircraft:

• SB, 1940-1941
• Pe-2, 1941-1952
• Pe-3, 1941-1945
• Il-28R, 1952-1973
• Yak-27R, 1958-1972
• Yak-28U, 1962-1988
• Yak-28R, 1973-1988
• Su-17M3R, 1978?-1988
• MiG-25RB, 1973-today
• Su-24MR, 1988-today

Inventory:

• 11.90: 16 MiG-25 and 12 Su-14MR [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 5th Air Army, 1944-1946
• 17th Air Army, 1946 - 1.49
• 69th Air Army, 1.49 - 1960
• 57th Air Army, 1960 - 4.68
• 14th Air Army, 4.68 - 4.80
• VVS Carpathian Military District, 4.80 - 4.86
• 14th Air Army, 4.86 - 1.92