24th Air Defence Corps

24-й корпус ПВО

Military Unit: 71315

Activated 15.2.61 in Mary, Mary Oblast, as the 17th Air Defence Division, from the 38th Fighter Aviation Division PVO.

Organisation 1962:

• 152nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Ak-Tepe, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 156th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 735th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Karshi-Khanabad, Kashkadar'inskaya Oblast)
• 1st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 148th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 34th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Chardzhou, Chardzhou Oblast)
• 30th Radio-Technical Regiment (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 272nd Communications Center (Mary, Mary Oblast)

In 4.65 the 735th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO was transferred to the 15th Air Defence Division.

Organisation 1970:

• 152nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Ak-Tepe, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 156th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 1st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 148th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 34th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Chardzhou, Chardzhou Oblast)
• 12th Radio-Technical Brigade (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 272nd Communications Center (Mary, Mary Oblast)

Organisation 1980:

• 152nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Ak-Tepe, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 156th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 1st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 148th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 34th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Chardzhou, Chardzhou Oblast)
• 12th Radio-Technical Brigade (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 272nd Communications Center (Mary, Mary Oblast)

4.80 renamed 24th Air Defence Corps - and the two fighter regiments were transferred to the VVS Turkmenistan Military District.

In 4.86 the 152nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO and the 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO joined the corps.

3.3.88 renamed 17th Air Defence Division.

Organisation 1988:

• 152nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Ak-Tepe, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Nebit-Dag, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 1st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 148th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 34th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Chardzhou, Chardzhou Oblast)
• 587th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 12th Radio-Technical Brigade (Mary, Mary Oblast)
• 43rd Radio-Technical Brigade (Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast)
• 272nd Communications Center (Mary, Mary Oblast)

1.9.89 the 366th independent Helicopter Squadron was activated.

1992 taken over by Turkmenistan.

Headquarters:

• Mary, Mary Oblast, 2.61 - 1.92 [37 26 54N, 61 48 08E]

Subordination:

• 12th independent Air Defence Army, 1961 - 1980
• Turkmenistan Military District, 1980 - 1986
• 12th independent Air Defence Army, 1986 - 1992