39th independent Nikopolskiy order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

39-й отдельный разведывательный Никопольский ордена Александра Невского авиационный полк

Military Unit: 53898

Activated in 1936 as the 36th Bomber Aviation Squadron.

4.4.43 renamed 39th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

1960 reduced and renamed 334th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

1968 again renamed 39th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

12.79 deployed to Mary, Mary Oblast [37 37 19N, 61 53 45E], to cover the invasion of Afghanistan.

1.1.92 taken over by Kazakhstan.

Bases:

• Dobrich(?), Bulgaria, 1945 - 1947 [43 36 36N, 27 50 24E]
• Samarkand, Samarkand Oblast, 1947 - 1956 [39 41 58N, 66 59 08E]
• Fergana, Fergana Oblast, 1956 - 1964 [40 21 36N, 71 44 48E]
• Takhiatash, Karakalpakskaya ASSR, 1964 - 1968 [42 22 03N, 59 30 42E]
• Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, 1968 - 1992 [46 53 36N, 75 00 25E]

Aircraft:

• SB, 1936-1941
• Pe-2, 1941-1943
• Pe-2R, 1943-1953
• Il-28R, 1952-1964 [possibly to 1978]
• MiG-21R?, 1964-1978
• Yak-28P, 1969-1986 [one squadron]
• Yak-28PP, 1970's
• MiG-25RB, 1978-1992 [two squadrons]
• Su-24MR, 1986-1992 [one squadron]

Inventory:

• 1991: 15 MiG-25RB and 5 Su-24MR

Subordination:

• 17th Air Army, 1943 - 1947
• 6th Air Army, 1947 - 1.49
• 73rd Air Army, 1.49 - 4.80
• VVS Central Asian Military District, 4.80 - 5.88
• 73rd Air Army, 5.88 - 1.92