40th Fighter Aviation Division

40-я истребительная авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1.5.80 in Sokol-Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast.

Organisation 1980:

• 308th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Burevestnik, Iturup Island) with MiG-21SM

• 528th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Smirnykh, Sakhalin Oblast) with Yak-28P

• 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sokol-Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast) with Su-15

In 4.83 the 308th Fighter Aviation Regiment was replaced by the 41st Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Organisation 1986:

• 41st Fighter Aviation Regiment (Burevestnik, Iturup Island) with MiG-23ML

• 528th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Smirnykh, Sakhalin Oblast) with MiG-23ML

• 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sokol-Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast) with MiG-23ML and MiG-31

Disbanded 1.5.86.

Bases:

• Sokol-Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, 5.80 - 5.86 [47 15 44N, 142 45 57E]

Subordination:

• VVS Far Eastern Military District, 5.80 - 5.86