171st Tylskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

171-й истребительный Тульский авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 64371

Activated 1941.

1950 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 171st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1992.

Bases:

• Tukums, Latvian SSR, 1945 - 11.46 [56 56 31N, 23 13 21E]

• Lida, Grodno Oblast, 11.46 - 1950 [53 52 35N, 25 22 34E]

• Gudauta, Abkhazskaya ASSR, 1950 - 10.82 [43 06 11N, 40 34 46E]

• Ugolnye Kopi, Chukot Autonomous Okrug, 10.82 - 1992 [64 44 13N, 177 44 25E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-3, 1941-1943

• La-5, 1943-1945

• La-7, 1945-1951

• MiG-15, 1951-1956

• MiG-17, 1955-1967

• Yak-28P, 1967-1975

• Su-15TM, 1975-1992

Subordinated:

• 315th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.43 - 1950

• 000 Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1950 - 1960

• 14th Air Defence Corps, 1960 - 4.80

• VVS Transcaucasian Military District, 4.80 - 10.82

• VVS Far Eastern Military District, 10.82 - 5.86

• 25th Air Defence Division, 5.86 - 1992