16th Guards Yasskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Air Defence Division

16-я гвардейская Ясская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова дивизия ПВО

Military Unit: 40882, from 1980: 95002

Activated 4.60 in Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast, from the 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps.

Organisation 1962:

• 66th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Dzhebel, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 177th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Yangadzha, Ashkhabad Oblast
• 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 364th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Nebit-Dag, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 371st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Serdar (Kzyl-Arvat), Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 587th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 000 Radio-Technical Regiment (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)

Both the 66th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO and the 177th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO were disbanded in 1962.

Organisation 1970:

• 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 364th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Nebit-Dag, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 371st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Serdar (Kzyl-Arvat), Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 587th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 43rd Radio-Technical Brigade (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)

Organisation 1980:

• 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 364th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Nebit-Dag, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 587th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 43rd Radio-Technical Brigade (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)

From 4.80 renamed 16th independent Guards Air Defence Division.

Organisation 1981:

• 1157th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Choybalsan, Mongolia)
• 1282nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Nalaykh, Mongolia)
• 203rd Radio-Technical Regiment (Choybalsan, Mongolia)

2.2.86 united with the 33rd Air Defence Division, and renamed 50th independent Guards Air Defence Corps.

Headquarters:

• Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast, 4.60 - 4.80
• Choybalsan, Mongolia, 4.80 - 2.86 [48 06 39N, 114 38 43E] - site 120

Subordination:

• Baku Air Defence District, 3.60 - 4.80
• 39th Combined Arms Army, 4.80 - 2.86