302nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

302-й авиационный полк истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 78610

Activated 12.40 as the 302nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1957 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 302nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

12.81 renamed 302nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

17.11.88 to 15.2.89 - one squadron was deployed to Kokaydy, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast [37 37 27N, 67 30 57E], for operations over Afghanistan.

1990 renamed 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1.12.09 absorbed by the 6988th Aviation Base.

Bases:

• Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray, 10.45 - 1946
• Kuybyshev-East, Amur Oblast, 1946 - 3.6.48 [50 53 37N, 128 28 28E]
• Babstovo, Yevreyskaya Autonomous Oblast, 3.6.48 - 10.52 [48 06 22N, 132 31 46E]
• Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray, 10.52 - 11.58 [48 27 56N, 135 09 00E]
• Pereyaslavka-2, Khabarovsk Kray, 11.58 - 12.09 [47 59 55N, 135 05 24E]

Aircraft:

• I-15bis, 12.40-1943
• I-16, 12.40-1945
• Yak-9, 1.45-1951
• P-63 Kingcobra, 1950-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1955
• MiG-17F/PF, 1955-1970
• MiG-19, 1959-1970 [one AE only?]
• Su-15/TM, 5.70-1982
• Su-17M4, 1982-1990
• Su-24M, 1990-2009

Subordination:

• 254th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.44 - 1957
• 254th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1957 - 1960
• 8th Air Defence Corps, 1961 - 1980
• 28th Fighter Aviation Division, 1980 - 1982
• 33rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1982 - 1989
• 1st Air Army, 1989 - 1990
• 83rd Bomber Aviation Division, 1990 - 2001
• 11th Army VVS and PVO, 2001 - 2009