87th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

87-й отдельный разведывательный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 23232

Activated mid-1967 in Karshi-Khanabad, Kashkadar'inskaya Oblast, as the 64th independent Tactical Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron, from the 2nd AE of the 313th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

Early 1976 renamed 87th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment with two squadrons:

• 1st AE from the 64th independent Tactical Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron with MiG-21R
• 2nd AE from the 40th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron at Chirchik, Tashkent Oblast, with Il-28R (had been activated 1970 in Poltava, Poltava Oblast)

Twice a squadron was deployed to Afghanistan (1.80 to 4.80 at Kabul [34 33 56N, 69 12 49E] with Yak-28R and MiG-21R, and 3.84 to 5.85 at Bagram [34 56 46N, 69 15 45E] with Su-17M3R). The second time (3.84-5.85), the squadron was known as the 263rd independent Tactical Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

1.1.92 taken over by Uzbekistan.

Bases:

• Karshi-Khanabad, Kashkadar'inskaya Oblast, 1967 - 1992 [38 50 09N, 65 55 19E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-21R, 1967-1983
• Il-28R, 1976-1976
• Yak-28R, 1976-1987 (one squadron)
• Su-17M3R, 1983-1992 (two squadrons)
• Su-24MR, 1987-1992 (1st AE)

Inventory:

• 1967: 12 MiG-21R

Subordination:

• 73rd Air Army, 1967 - 6.69
• VVS Turkestan Military District, 6.69 - 5.88
• 49th Air Army, 5.88 - 6.89
• 56th Mixed Aviation Corps, 6.89 - 5.92