183rd Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment

183-й морской ракетоносный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 49202, from 7.71: 51367

Activated 11.1.35 as the 26th Light Bomber Aviation Squadron.

1.10.36 renamed 26th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Squadron.

8.3.42 renamed 49th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

30.10.59 renamed 49th Long-Range Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

1.5.61 renamed 49th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

15.7.71 renamed 183rd Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1.12.93.

Bases:

• Novonezhino, Primorskiy Kray, 11.1.35 - 15.11.52 [43 13 11N, 132 34 59E]
• Knevichi, Primorskiy Kray, 15.11.52 - 1.12.93 [43 23 52N, 132 09 07E]

Aircraft:

• R-5, 1935-1940
• DB-3, 1940-1944
• A-20G, 1944-1952
• Il-28, 1952-1952
• Tu-14T, 1952-1959
• Tu-16, 1959-1991 [two AE with Tu-16K, and one AE with Tu-16 elint variants]
• Tu-22M2, 1991-1993 [20 delivered 1991 from Bykhov, Mogilev Oblast - 170th Guards MRAP]

Subordination:

• 29th Aviation Brigade, 3.42 - 20.8.43
• 2nd Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division, 20.8.43 - 21.12.46
• 3rd Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division, 21.12.46 - 11.59
• 3rd Long-Range Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division, 11.59 - 20.3.61
• 3rd Maritime Missile Aviation Division, 20.3.61 - 15.7.71
• 25th Maritime Missile Aviation Division, 15.7.71 - 1.12.93