179th Guards Transilvanskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

179-й гвардейский истребительный Трансильванский ордена Суворова авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 49727

Activated 8.41 as the 297th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

2.7.44 renamed 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1950 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 11.93.

Bases:

• Brno, Czechoslovakia, 5.45 - 7.45 [49 09 08N, 16 41 39E]
• Vrazdebna, Bulgaria, 7.45 - 29.10.47 [42 41 44N, 23 24 58E]
• Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast, 10.47 - 1980 [40 03 43N, 53 00 08E]
• Nebit-Dag, Ashkhabad Oblast, 1980 - 11.93 [39 28 55N, 54 21 56E]

Aircraft:

• LaGG-3, 1940-1943
• La-5, 1943-1945
• La-7, 1945-1953
• MiG-17, 1953-1961
• Su-9, 1961-1976
• MiG-23M, 1976-1993

Subordination:

• 302nd Fighter Aviation Division, 3.43 - 7.44
• 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 7.44 - 2.49
• 92nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 2.49 - 6.49
• 92nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 6.49 - 2.58
• 238th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 2.58 - 1.60
• 16th Guards Air Defence Division, 1960 - 1980
• VVS Turkmenistan Military District, 1980 - 4.86
• 17th Air Defence Division, 4.86 - 11.93