372nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

372-й авиационный полк истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 54894

Activated 10.51 in Daugavpils-Lotsiki, Latvian SSR, as the 372nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1960 renamed 372nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1977 transferred to the Air Force (VVS), and 1981 renamed 372nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1993.

Bases:

• Daugavpils-Lotsiki, Latvian SSR, 1951 - 1993 [55 56 37N, 26 40 01E]
• Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast, 1993 - 1993 [51 21 59N, 42 10 51E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-15, 1951-1958
• MiG-19, 1956-1966
• Yak-25, 1960-1966
• Yak-28P, 1966-1981
• MiG-27M/K, 1981-1993
• MiG-23UM, 1981-1993

Inventory:

• 11.90: 49 MiG-27 and 12 MiG-23UM [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 336th Fighter Aviation Division, 1951 - 12.52
• 175th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.52 - 1960
• 27th Air Defense Corps, 1960 - 1977
• VVS Baltic Military District, 1977 - 1981
• 39th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1981 - 1993