799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

799-й отдельный разведывательный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 93828

Activated 21.12.42 in Lipovtsy, Primorskiy Kray, as the 464th independent Observation and Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

1948 reduced, and renamed 240th independent Observation and Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

1967 renamed 799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.*

* the original 799th orap was disbanded in the 1940's

Bases:

• Novorossiya, Primorskiy Kray, 1946 - 1975 [43 20 48N, 132 33 26E]
• Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray, 1975 - 1977 [44 01 01N, 132 13 04E]
• Varfolomeevka, Primorskiy Kray, 1977 - today [44 15 41N, 133 24 48E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1942-1944
• Il-2K, 1942-1945
• Po-2, 1942-1945
• Yak-3, 1944-1945
• La-7, 1945-1953
• MiG-15R(?)
• Il-28R, 1954-1975
• MiG-21R, 1969-1975
• Yak-28R, 1975-1989
• Yak-28PP, 1975-1989 [one AE for electronic warfare]
• Su-24MR, 1989-today [24 delivered]

Subordination:

• 9th Air Army, 1942 - 1.49
• 54th Air Army, 1.49 - 5.57
• 1st Air Army, 5.57 - 4.80
• Far Eastern Military District, 4.80 - 5.88
• 1st Air Army, 5.88 - 5.98
• 11th Army VVS and PVO, 5.98 - today