168th order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment

168-й истребительный ордена Суворова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 29601

Activated 9.40.

15.7.91 absorbed by the 85th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 5.45 - 12.45 [54 36 11N, 21 46 49E]
• Pila, Poland, 12.45 - 10.49 [53 10 07N, 16 42 36E]
• Grossenhain, East Germany, 10.49 - 10.51 [51 18 27N, 13 33 14E]
• Stryy, Lvov Oblast, 10.51 - 12.51 [49 14 35N, 23 47 30E]
• Zhovtnevoye, Volynskaya Oblast, 12.51 - 1968 [50 54 53N, 24 27 06E]
• Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast, 1968 - 8.87 [49 44 48N, 27 16 14E]
• Bagram, Afghanistan, 8.87 - 1.9.88 [34 56 46N, 69 15 45E]
• Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast, 9.88 - 7.91 [49 44 48N, 27 16 14E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 9.40-1941
• I-153, 7.41-1941
• LaGG-3, 10.41-1943
• Yak-7b, 2.43-1944
• Yak-9B/D/L, 5.44-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1954
• MiG-17, 1954-1957
• MiG-19, 1957-1972
• MiG-23M/ML/MLD, 1972-1991

Inventory:

• 11.90: 42 MiG-23MLD [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 130th Fighter Aviation Division, 7.44 - 12.45
• 269th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.45 - 2.49
• 131st Fighter Aviation Division, 2.49 - 8.68
• 14th Air Army, 8.68 - 12.73
• 4th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.73 - 8.80
• 138th Fighter Aviation Division, 8.80 - 8.87
• VVS 40th Combined Arms Army, 8.87 - 9.88
• 138th Fighter Aviation Division, 9.88 - 7.91