172nd Belostokskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

172-й истребительный Белостокский Краснознаменный ордена Суворова авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 29608

Activated 8.41 as the 172nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

In 3.49 renamed 172nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 5.60.

Bases:

• Kolobrzeg(?), Poland, 7.45 - 12.45
• Nasosnaya, Azerbaizhan SSR, 12.45 - 11.50 [40 35 34N, 49 33 19E]
• Canton (Guangzhou), China, 11.50 - 21.11.51 [23 09 54N, 113 22 10E] - training Chinese pilots on the MiG-9 and MiG-15
• Hangzhou, China, 21.11.51 - 3.52 [30 20 06N, 120 14 29E] - training Chinese pilots on the MiG-9 and MiG-15
• Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, 22.3.52 - 6.60 [48 42 21N, 37 37 48E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-1, 8.41-1942
• LaGG-3, 11.41-1943
• Yak-7b, 2.43-1943
• Yak-9, 1943-1944
• Yak-3, 10.44-1946
• P-63 Kingcobra, 7.46-1949
• MiG-9, 1.49-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1960

Subordination:

• 309th Fighter Aviation Division, 1944 - 3.49
• 309th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 3.49 - 11.50
• 65th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 11.50 - 15.6.59
• Kharkov Air Defence Division, 15.6.59 - 4.60
• 9th Air Defence Division, 4.60 - 6.60