126th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

126-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 06959

Activated 8.40.

Disbanded 9.4.60.

Bases:

• Rezekne, Latvian SSR, 4.45 - 10.9.45 [56 33 24N, 27 12 50E]
• Minsk, Minsk Oblast, 9.45 - 7.46 [53 54 40N, 27 42 24E]
• Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, 7.46 - 10.48 [54 49 27N, 32 01 30E]
• Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, 10.48 - 11.50 [52 40 03N, 38 35 20E]
• ?, China, 11.50 - 1953 - tasked with training Chinese pilots
• Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, 1953 - 4.60 [52 40 03N, 38 35 20E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 8.40-1941
• MiG-1, 1.41-1941
• MiG-3, 1.41-1941
• P-40 Tomahawk, 10.41-1942
• P-40 Kittyhawk, 5.42-1943
• La-5, 1.43-1949
• MiG-9, 9.49-6.51
• MiG-15, 7.51-1954
• MiG-17, 8.54-1960

Subordination:

• 124th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 10.44 - 10.9.45
• 328th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 10.9.45 - 9.4.60