326th Tarnopolskaya order of Kutuzov Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

326-я тяжелая бомбардировочная Тарнопольская ордена Кутузова авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 00000, from 1954: 42191

Activated 10.10.43 in Egorevsk, Moscow Oblast, as the 326th Night Bomber Aviation Division.

23.6.44 renamed 326th Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Sagan, Poland):

• 6th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-2

• 445th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-2

• 840th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-2

6.45 to the Far East for operations against Japan - based at Rudovko, Mongolia.

Organisation 4.46:

• 327th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Leonidovo, Sakhalin) with Tu-2

• 345th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Leonidovo, Sakhalin) with Tu-2

• 840th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Leonidovo, Sakhalin) with Tu-2

1951 renamed 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 1955:

• 132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with Tu-4

• 345th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast) with Tu-4

• 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast) with Tu-16

Organisation 1970:

• 132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with Tu-16K

• 402nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Balbasovo, Vitebsk Oblast) with Tu-16K

• 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast) with Tu-16K

Organisation 1990:

• 132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with Tu-22M3 and Tu-16K

• 402nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Balbasovo, Vitebsk Oblast) with Tu-22M3 and Tu-16K

• 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast) with Tu-22M3

Organisation 2000:

• 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast) with Tu-95MS

• 182nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast) with Tu-95MS

• 132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vozdvizhevka, Primorskiy Kray) with Tu-22M3

• 200th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya, Irkutsk Oblast) with Tu-22M3

Bases:

• Leonidovo, Sakhalin, 9.45 - 6.51 [49 16 26N, 142 55 43E]

• Machulishchi, Minsk Oblast, 6.51 - 11.51 [53 46 27N, 27 34 50E]

• Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast, 11.51 - 12.59 [58 08 16N, 30 19 47E]

• Tartu, Estonian SSSR, 12.59 - 1992 [58 24 08N, 26 49 19E]

• Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast, 1992 - 1998 [58 08 16N, 30 19 47E]

• Ukrainka, Amur Oblast, 1998 - today [50 32 21N, 79 11 38E]

Subordinated:

• 2nd Air Army, 1.44 - 1.6.44

• Reserve VGK, 1.6.44 - 12.44

• 3rd Air Army, 12.44 - 10.4.45

• 6th Bomber Aviation Corps, 10.4.45 - 10.1.49

• 76th Bomber Aviation Corps, 10.1.49 - 6.51

• 74th Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, 6.51 - 1956

• 50th Air Army DA, 1956 - 1960

• 6th independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, 1960 - 1980

• 46th Air Army VGK, 1980 - 10.94

• 37th Air Army VGK, 10.94 - today