178th Guards Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

178-й гвардейский истребительный Краснознаменный ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 40560

Activated 4.41 as the 240th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

2.7.44 renamed 178th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

21.6.49 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 177th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1.4.58.

Bases:

• Brno, Czechoslovakia, 5.45 - 6.45 [49 09 08N, 16 41 39E]
• Graf Ignatevo, Bulgaria, 6.45 - 29.10.47 [42 17 26N, 24 42 49E]
• Krasnovodsk, Ashkhabad Oblast, 10.47 - 4.58 [40 03 43N, 53 00 08E]

Aircraft:

• I-15bis, 1941
• MiG-3, 7.41-1942
• LaGG-3, 11.41-1942
• La-5, 7.42-1945
• La-7, 5.45-1953
• MiG-17, 1953-1956
• Yak-25M, 6.55-4.58

Subordination:

• 302nd Fighter Aviation Division, 3.43 - 7.44
• 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 7.44 - 2.49
• 92nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 2.49 - 6.49
• 92nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 6.49 - 4.58