289th Nikopolskaya Red Banner Bomber Aviation Division
289-я бомбардировочная Никопольская Краснознаменная авиационная дивизия
Military Unit: 00000
Activated 4.8.42 as the 289th Assault Aviation Division.
Organisation 5.45 :
232nd Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10
686th Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10
947th Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10
29.4.56 renamed 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (289th IBAD, from 11.76 289th ADIB).
The 686th Assault Aviation Regiment were probably disbanded in 1956.
Organisation 1957:
806th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast) with MiG-17
807th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Brody, Lvov Oblast) with MiG-17
947th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Dubna, Rovno Oblast) with MiG-15
Organisation 1980:
69th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast) with Su-17M3
236th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Chortkov, Ternopol Oblast) with MiG-23BM
806th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast) with Su-17M2
1988 renamed 289th Bomber Aviation Division.
Organisation 1990:
69th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast) with Su-24M
806th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast) with Su-24M
1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.
Bases:
Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast, 1945 - 1992 [50 47 18N, 25 20 59E]
Subordinated:
8th Air Army, 8.42 - 3.43
10th Mixed Aviation Corps, 3.43 - 7.43
7th Assault Aviation Corps, 7.43 - 1.49
68th Assault Aviation Corps, 1.49 - 4.56
57th Air Army, 4.56 - 4.68
14th Air Army, 4.68 - 1980
VVS Carpathian Military District, 1980 - 1988
14th Air Army, 1988 - 1992