217th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

217-й авиационный полк истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 15430

Activated 1940 as the 217th Fast Bomber Aviation Regiment.

8.41 renamed 217th Assault Aviation Regiment.

4.56 renamed 217th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (217th IBAD, from 11.76 217th APIB).

2.1.80 to 26.6.80 deployed at Shindand, Afghanistan [33 23 28N, 62 15 35E].

1.1.92 taken over by Turkmenistan, and renamed 56th Storage Base.

Bases:

• ?, Volga Military District, 1945 - 1947?
• Kant, Frunze Oblast, 4.47 - 1960 [42 51 20N, 74 50 51E]
• Kzyl-Arvat, Ashkhabad Oblast, 1960 - 1.92 [38 59 09N, 56 21 27E]

Aircraft:

• SB, 1940-1941
• Il-2, 1941-1946
• Il-10, 1946-1956
• MiG-15, 1956-1960
• MiG-17, 1960-1979
• Su-17M3, 1979-1992

Subordination:

• Volga Military District, 1945 - 1947?
• 333rd Assault Aviation Division, 4.47 - 4.56
• 333rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 4.56 - 1960
• 73rd Air Army, 1960 - 6.69
• VVS Turkestan Military District, 6.69 - 12.84
• 34th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 12.84 - 1.92