162nd Grodnenskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

162-й истребительный Гродненский Краснознаменный ордена Суворова авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 30125

Activated 1.41 as the 162nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

In 3.49 renamed 162nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 5.10.59.

Bases:

• Kolobrzeg(?), Poland, 7.45 - 12.45
• Sital-Chai, Azerbaizhan SSR, 12.45 - 11.50 [40 48 29N, 49 25 43E]
• Peking area(?), China, 17.11.50 - 3.52 - tasked with training Chinese pilots
• Stupino, Moscow Oblast, 8.3.52 - 5.10.59 [54 53 20N, 38 08 56E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1.41-1941
• I-153, 1.41-1941
• MiG-3, 7.41-1941
• LaGG-3, 11.41-1943
• Yak-1, 2.43-1943
• Yak-7b, 2.43-1943
• Yak-9, 1943-1945
• Yak-3, 10.45-1946
• P-63 Kingcobra, 7.46-1949
• MiG-9, 4.49-1952
• MiG-15, 1952-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1959

Subordination:

• 309th Fighter Aviation Division, 1944 - 3.49
• 309th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 3.49 - 11.58
• 297th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 11.58 - 10.59