279th Red Banner Fighter Aviation Division

279-я истребительная Краснознаменная авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 49733

Activated 8.42.

Organisation 5.45 (Ringelsdorf, Austria):

• 92nd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment

Organisation 1950:

• 92nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast) with La-7
• 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast) with La-7
• 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast) with La-7

1.8.58 the 192nd Fighter Aviation Regiment was replaced by the 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Organisation 1960:

• 92nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast) with MiG-17
• 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Stryy, Lvov Oblast) with MiG-17
• 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast) with MiG-17

Disbanded 4.60.

Bases:

• Ringelsdorf, Austria, 5.45 - 28.8.45 [48 34 00N, 16 52 24E]
• Lutsk, Volynskaya Oblast, 9.45 - 15.10.48 [50 47 19N, 25 20 59E]
• Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, 10.48 - 10.51 [48 53 09N, 24 41 32E]
• Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast, 10.51 - 4.60 [48 23 54N, 22 41 24E]

Subordination:

• 5th Air Army, 8.44 - 9.45
• 14th Air Army, 9.45 - 2.49
• 57th Air Army, 2.49 - 4.60