101st independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

101-й отдельный разведывательный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 78678

Activated 6.75 in Borzya-2, Chita Oblast with two squadrons:

• 1st AE from an independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron with MiG-21R [from Baltic area]
• 2nd AE from an independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron with MiG-21R [acivated 1966 at Borzya-2, Cita Oblast]

One squadron (Su-17M3R) operated in Afghanistan (Bagram Air Base - 34 56 45N, 69 15 44E) from April 1986 to May 1987 - while there known as the 263rd independent Tactical Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

Disbanded 1994.

Bases:

• Borzya-2, Chita Oblast, 1975 - 1994 [50 23 45N, 116 20 51E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-21R, 1975-1980
• Su-17M3R, 1980-1994

Subordination:

• 23rd Air Army, 6.75 - 4.80
• VVS Transbaykal Military District, 4.80 - 5.88
• 23rd Air Army, 5.88 - 1994