967th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

967-й отдельный дальний разведывательный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 99011

Activated 5.6.51 in Severomorsk-1, Murmansk Oblast as the 1733rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

4.55 renamed 967th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

1957 renamed 967th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

In 1968 some crews operated in Egypt, and 1981 in Syria.

12.93 renamed 146th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

Disbanded 1997.

Bases:

• Severomorsk-1, Murmansk Oblast, 6.51 - 1997 [69 01 51N, 33 25 21E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-15R, 1951-1954 [one AE]
• Il-28R, 1951-1957 [one AE to 1954, then two AE]
• Tu-16P/R/RM/S, 1957-1993
• Tu-16K-10-26, 1988-1993 [8 from the 574th MRAP - in 2nd AE]
• Tu-134, 1980's-1993 [command & control version]
• Su-24MR, 1993-1997

Subordination:

• Northern Fleet, 6.51 - 1997