116th Guards Radomskiy Red Banner Bomber Aviation Regiment

116-й гвардейский бомбардировочный Радомский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 42048, from 10.53: 81776

Activated 9.41 as the 563rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

3.9.43 renamed 116th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

3.60 renamed 116th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (116th Gv.IBAP - and from 11.11.76 - 116th Gv.APIB).

6.82 renamed 116th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Belarus - 10.93 renamed 116th Guards Bomber Aviation Base, and 7.94 116th Guards Bomber-Reconnaissance Aviation Base - disbanded August 2010.

Bases:

• Güterfelde, East Germany, 5.45 - 12.45 [52 21 20N, 13 10 25E]

• Meria, Adzharskaya ASSR, 12.45 - 10.53 [41 55 47N, 41 51 55E]

• Jüterbog-Altes Lager, Germany, 10.53 - 7.68 [51 59 44N, 12 58 55E]

• Brand, Germany, 7.68 - 7.89 [52 02 06N, 13 44 48E] - left Brand 4.7 to 21.7.89

• Ross, Grodno Oblast, 7.89 - 8.10 [53 18 15N, 24 22 02E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-3, 1941-1942

• I-16, 1941-1942

• Yak-1, 1942-1944

• Yak-3, 1944-1946

• P-63 Kingcobra, 1946-1951

• MiG-15, 1951-1952

• MiG-17, 1952-1968

• MiG-17F, 1968-1974

• Su-7B, 1974-1984 (from regiments at Finsterwalde, Lärz and Grossenhain)

• Su-24, 1982-2010

• Su-24M, 1984-2010

• Su-24MR, 1994-2010

Inventory:

• 1964: 36 MiG-17

• 10.91: 30 Su-24 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 205th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.42 - 9.42

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division, 9.42 - 10.53

• 126th Fighter Aviation Division, 10.53 - 3.60

• 105th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 3.60 - 7.89

• 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 7.89 - 1.92