303rd Smolenskaya Red Banner Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division

303-я авиационная дивизия Смоленская Краснознаменная истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 45144

Activated 20.1.43 as the 303rd Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 1945 (Kobrin):

• 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 523rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

9.48 renamed 303rd Fighter Aviation Division PVO.

Organisation 1949:

• 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Yaroslavl-Dyatkovo, Yaroslavl Oblast)
• 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Yaroslavl-Dyatkovo, Yaroslavl Oblast)
• 523rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Tunoshna, Yaroslavl Oblast)

Organisation 1952:

• 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-15
• 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Chernigovka(?), Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-15
• 523rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-15

7.53 the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment was replaced by the 224th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

3.57 renamed 303rd Mixed Aviation Division.

Organisation 1962:

• 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-17
• 224th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-17
• 523rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray) with Su-7

Organisation 1970:

• 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-21
• 224th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-21
• 523rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray) with Su-7

Organisation 1980:

• 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-21
• 224th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-23M
• 523rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray) with Su-17

1982 renamed 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 1990:

• 18th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-27
• 224th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray) with MiG-27
• 523rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray) with Su-17

Disbanded 10.94.

Bases:

• Kobrin, Brest Oblast, 1945 - 6.48 [52 14 19N, 24 20 55E]
• Yaroslavl-Dyatkovo, Yaroslavl Oblast, 6.48 - 9.50 [57 34 26N, 39 54 22E]
• Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray, 9.50 - 3.51 [43 54 30N, 131 55 30E]
• Mukden, China, 25.3.51 - 8.5.51 [41 49 22N, 123 17 54E]
• Andun, China, 8.5.51 - 28.5.51 [40 01 26N, 124 17 05E]
• Myaogou, China, 28.5.51 - 3.52 [39 57 00N, 124 08 50E] - uncertain
• Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray, 3.52 - 10.94 [43 54 30N, 131 55 30E]

Subordination:

• 1st Air Army, 3.57 - 5.80
• VVS Far Eastern Military District, 5.80 - 5.88
• 1st Air Army, 5.88 - 10.89