120th Fighter Aviation Regiment

120-й истребительный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 06878

Activated 24.9.69 in Bereza-Osovitsy, Brest Oblast.

Deployed to Mary, Mary Oblast [37 37 23N, 61 53 45E] from 25.2.82 to 17.3.82 - for exercises.

Deployed to Bagram [34 56 44N, 69 15 46E] and Shindand, Afghanistan [33 23 29N, 61 15 35E], 8.8.88 to 1.2.89 - covering the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

28.4.98 took over the honours and awards from the 189th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, and was renamed 120th Guards Brestskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.12.09 absorbed by the 320th Aviation Base.

Bases:

• Bereza-Osovitsy, Brest Oblast, 6.69 - 7.71 [52 33 29N, 24 52 58E]
• Domna, Chita Oblast, 7.71 - today [51 55 01N, 113 07 11E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-21S, 1969-1970's
• MiG-21bis, 1970's-1978
• MiG-23ML, 2.78-1984
• MiG-23MLD, 1982-1993
• MiG-29, 1993-today

Subordination:

• 26th Air Army, 6.69 - 8.69
• 23rd Air Army, 8.69 - 4.80
• VVS Transbaykal Military District, 4.80 - 5.88
• 23rd Air Army, 5.88 - 1998
• 14th Army VVA and PVO, 1998 - today