266th Red Banner Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment imeni Mongolian People's Republic

266-й авиационный полк Краснознаменный истребителей-бомбардировщиков имени Монгольской Народной Республики

Military Unit: 25966, from 1969: 19006, from 1990: 45097

Activated 14.4.41 in Adzhi-Kabul, Azerbaizhan SSR, as the 266th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

12.67 transferred to the VVS, and renamed 266th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

7.2.68 renamed 266th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (266th IBAP, from 11.76 266th APIB).

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

8.5.68 named "imeni Mongolian People's Republic".

1990 absorbed the 58th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

30.8.95 renamed 266th independent Assault Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Stryy, Lvov Oblast, 1945 - 1950 [49 14 35N, 23 47 30E]
• Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast, 1950 - 3.68 [51 16 28N, 28 43 11E]
• Nalayh, Mongolia, 3.68 - 4.90 [47 44 23N, 107 22 27E]
• Step, Chita Oblast, 4.90 - today [51 01 04N, 115 25 41E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 4.41-1943
• MiG-3, 7.42-1943
• Yak-1, 7.42-1944
• Hurricane, 7.42-1944
• P-39 Aircobra, 7.43-1951
• Yak-9, (?)
• MiG-15, 1951-1956
• MiG-17, 1956-1963
• MiG-17P, 1962-1971
• MiG-21PF/PFM, 1971-1979
• MiG-21bis, 1976?-1979
• MiG-27M/K, 1979-1993
• Su-17M4, 1993 - 1995
• Su-25, 1995-today

Subordination:

• 105th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1942 - 7.43
• 10th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, 7.43 - 2.46
• 121st Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 2.46 - 3.60
• 19th Air Defence Division, 3.60 - 1968
• 14th Air Army, 1968 - 1968
• 29th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1968 - 1989
• 23rd Air Army, 1989 - 1998
• 14th Army PVO and VVS, 1998 - today