98th independent Guards Vislenskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

98-й отдельный гвардейский разведывательный Висленский Краснознаменный ордена Кутузова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 81636

Activated 13.4.42 as the 4th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

17.6.43 renamed 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Wien-Aspern, Austria, 1945 - 1.46 [48 13 33N, 16 30 21E]
• Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, 1.46 - today [67 59 20N, 33 00 53E]

Aircraft:

• Pe-2, 1942-1952
• Pe-3, 1942-1945
• Yak-9DD
• Il-28R, 1952-1973?
• Yak-27R, 1961?-1973?
• Yak-28R, 1968-1978?
• Su-17M3R, 1978?-1992
• MiG-25RB, 1985?-today
• Su-24MR, 1992-today

Inventory:

• 11.90: 16 MiG-25 and 18 Su-17M3R [CFE treaty data exchange]
• 2000: 26 MiG-25 and 20 Su-24MR [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 13th Air Army, 1943 - 5.44
• 2nd Air Army, 5.44 - 1946?
• 13th Air Army, 1946? - 1.49
• 76th Air Army, 1.49 - 1980
• VVS Leningrad Military District, 1980 - 1988
• 76th Air Army, 1988 - 1992
• 149th Mixed Aviation Division, 1992 - 1998
• 6th Air Army VVS and PVO, 1998 - today