85th Guards Sevastopolskiy Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment

85-й гвардейский истребительный Севастопольский Краснознаменный ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационный полк

Military Unit: 06904; from 10.51: 57720

Activated 5.38 in Vasilkov, Kiev Oblast, as the 2nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

18.3.43 renamed 85th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

21.8.68 to 30.10.68 deployed to Ceske Budejovice (Budweis), Czechoslovakia [48 56 52N, 14 25 38E].

15.7.91 united with the 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Taken over by Ukraine 1.1.92.

Bases:

• Zidlochovice, Czechoslovakia, 5.45 - 17.8.45 [49 01 02N, 16 37 23E] - uncertain
• Odessa, Odessa Oblast, 17.8.45 - 10.51 [46 25 41N, 30 40 39E]
• Merseburg, Germany, 23.10.51 - 1.7.91 [51 21 45N, 11 57 06E]
• Falkenberg, Germany, 1.7.91 - 15.7.91 [51 32 52N, 13 13 02E]
• Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast, 7.91 - 1.92 [49 44 48N, 27 16 14E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1938-10.41
• I-153, 1938-10.41
• MiG-3, 10.41-5.42
• LaGG-3, 5.42-8.42
• Yak-1, 7.42-9.44
• Yak-9, 10.43-1946
• Yak-3, 9.44-1946
• P-63 Kingcobra, 6.46-11,51
• MiG-15, 9.11.51-1954
• MiG-17F/PF, 1954-1963
• MiG-21PF, 1963-1971
• MiG-21SMT, 1971-1976
• MiG-23M, 1976-1988
• MiG-29, 3.86-1.92

Inventory:

• 1964 with 36 MiG-21PF
• 11.90 with 31 MiG-29 and 2 MiG-23U [CFE treaty data exchange]
• 1992 with 26 MiG-29

Subordination:

• 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 3.43 - 7.91
• 138th Fighter Aviation Division, 7.91 - 1.92