168th Guards Red Banner Bomber Aviation Regiment

168-й гвардейский бомбардировочный Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 10287

Activated 3.41 as the 274th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

2.42 renamed 737th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

5.2.44 renamed 168th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1960 renamed 168th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

12.79 deployed to Mary, Mary Oblast [37 37 23N, 61 53 45E], to cover the troop entry into Afghanistan. 4.80 to 7.80 deployed at Kokaydy, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast [37 37 31N, 67 30 59E].

1988 renamed 168th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1991.

Bases:

• Bolshoye Shiraki, Georgian SSR, 1945 - 10.84 [41 22 47N, 46 22 15E]

• Bagram, Afghanistan, 10.10.84 - 28.9.85 [34 56 47N, 69 15 44E]

• Bolshoye Shiraki, Georgian SSR, 9.85 - 1991 [41 22 47N, 46 22 15E]

• Marinovka, Volgograd Oblast, 1991 - 1991 [48 38 17N, 43 47 18E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-3, 1941-1942

• LaGG-3, 1941-1942

• Yak-1, 1942-1943

• Yak-7, 1943-1944

• Yak-9, 1944-1951

• MiG-15, 1951-1956

• MiG-17, 1956-1965

• Su-7BKL, 1965-1978

• Su-17M2/3, 1978-1988

• Su-24M, 1988-1991

Inventory:

• 11.90: 30 Su-24 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 236th Fighter Aviation Division, 1944 - 1960

• 34th Air Army, 1960 - 4.80

• VVS Transcaucasian Military District, 4.80 - 1984

• 36th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1984 - 1988

• 36th Bomber Aviation Division, 1988 - 1991