260th orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment

260-й тяжелый бомбардировочный орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1941 as the 260th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1951 renamed 260th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Romania, 1945 - 1947 (possibly to 1951)

• Stryy, Lvov Oblast, 1951 - 1992 [49 14 35N, 23 47 30E]

Aircraft:

• A-20, 1942-1951

• Tu-4, 1951-1960

• Tu-16, 1960-1980's

• Tu-16K, 1972-1992

• Tu-22M3, 1989-1992

Inventory:

• 1991: 18 Tu-22M3 and 23 Tu-16K [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 244th Bomber Aviation Division, 5.43 - 1951(?)

• 204th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1951 - 1959

• 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1959 - 12.89

• 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 12.89 - 1.92