12th independent orders of Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment

12-й отдельный морской ракетоносный орденов Кутузова и Александра Невского авиационный полк

Military Unit: 53808

Activated 6.4.38 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, as the 12th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment.

21.3.42 renamed 12th Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

14.4.44 renamed 12th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1953 renamed 12th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1960 transferred to the Navy (Baltic Fleet), and renamed 12th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

1961 renamed 12th independent Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 29.12.89.

Bases:

• Smirnykh (Kiton), Sakhalin, 9.45 - 6.51 [49 44 16N, 142 51 25E]

• Baranovichi, Brest Oblast, 6.51 - 11.51 [53 05 51N, 26 02 50E]

• Tartu, Estonian SSSR, 11.51 - 7.53 [58 24 08N, 26 46 31E]

• Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, 7.53 - 12.89 [57 17 51N, 28 26 03E]

Aircraft:

• TB-1, 1938-1941

• TB-3, 1940-1942

• Tu-2, 12.42-1953

• Tu-16, 1953-1989

• Tu-16K, 1954-1965

• Tu-16K-16, 1963-1989

• Tu-16Z, 1960's-1980's

Subordinated:

• 113th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Division, 1941 - 3.42

• 113th Aviation Division Long Range, 3.42 - ?

• 334th Bomber Aviation Division, 6.44 - 1.49

• 116th Bomber Aviation Division, 1.49 - 1953

• 116th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1953 - 1959

• 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1959 - 1960

• 57th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division Long-Range, 1960 - 1961

• Baltic Fleet, 1961 - 1989