179th Yaroslavskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

179-й истребительный Ярославский ордена Суворова авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 21815

Activated 5.41 as the 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

11.42 - 10.43 known as the 179th independent Observation Aviation Regiment.

17.5.60 renamed 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1979 renamed 179th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

10.3.88 renamed 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

10.94 renamed 10th Aviation Base.

Disbanded 12.96.

Bases:

• Hodonin, Czechoslovakia, 14.4.45 - 13.5.45 [48 48 42N, 17 08 01E]
• Cherlyany, Lvov Oblast, 28.8.45 - 6.46 [49 44 20N, 23 40 15E]
• Uzin, Kiev Oblast, 6.46 - 1957 [49 47 38N, 30 25 26E]
• Stryy, Lvov Oblast, 1957 - 12.96 [49 14 35N, 23 47 30E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-3, 5.41-1942
• Hurricane, 12.41-1942
• Su-2, 11.42-10.43
• Yak-1, 1043-1944
• Yak-9, 10.43-1946
• Yak-3, 6.46-1953
• MiG-15, 12.53-1958
• MiG-17, 10.57-1965
• Yak-25, 10.60-1965 (one squadron only, 10 delivered)
• Su-9, 1965-1978 [22 delivered in 1965]
• MiG-23M, 1978-1996

Inventory:

• 1958: 40 MiG-17 and 4 MiG-15UTI
• 11.90: 43 MiG-23MLD [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 331st Fighter Aviation Division, 11.43 - 31.5.46
• 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, 31.5.46 - 1948
• 182nd Fighter Aviation Division, 1948 - 1.8.58
• 279th Fighter Aviation Division, 1.8.58 - 4.60
• 131st Fighter Aviation Division, 4.60 - 17.5.60
• 28th Air Defence Corps, 17.5.60 - 1979
• 14th Air Army, 1979 - 4.80
• VVS Carpathian Military District, 4.80 - 8.84
• 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 8.84 - 3.88
• 28th Air Defence Corps, 3.88 - 1996