234th Guards Proskurovskiy Red Banner order of
Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment imeni Leninskiy Komsomol
234-й гвардейский истребительный
Проскуровский Краснознаменный орденов Кутузова и Александра Невского авиационный полк
имени Ленинского Комсомола
Military Unit: 54876
Activated 15.11.50 at Teplyy Stan, Moscow Oblast, as the 234th
Fighter Aviation Regiment.
11.5.66 took over honours and awards from the 176th Guards
Fighter Aviation Regiment, and was renamed 234th Guards Fighter Aviation
Regiment.
17.10.68 to 9.93 named "imeni Leninskiy Komsomol".
The 4th AE (demonstration) was activated 3.69.
25.1.89 renamed 234th Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment.
13.8.92 renamed 237th Guards Demonstration Center.
8.93 named "imeni Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub".
Conducted several foreign visits during the existence of the
Soviet Union:
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1967: 12 MiG-21FL visited Uppsala, Sweden
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9.71: 6 MiG-21 visited France (Reims Air Base)
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7.78-8.78: 6 MiG-23MLA visited Rissala Air Base, Finland
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9.78: 6 MiG-23MLA visited France
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10.8.81: 6 MiG-23 visited Ronnebu, Sweden
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1.7.86: 6 MiG-29 visited Finland (Kuopio-Rissala)
The center is host to three aerobatic demonstration teams:
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Russian Knights - Su-27 - activated 5.4.91 - part of the 1st
AE
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Swifts - MiG-29 - activated 6.5.91 - part of the 2nd AE
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Celestial Hussars - Su-25 - activated 1994 from the 4th AE -
also used Su-24 and Su-22 - disbanded 1997
Bases:
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Teplyy Stan, Moscow Oblast, 11.50 - 4.52 [55 37 42N, 37 24
53E]
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Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, 4.52 - today [55 36 49N, 36 38 52E]
Aircraft:
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MiG-15, 1951-1954
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MiG-17, 1954-1961
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MiG-21, 1961-1971
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MiG-23ML, 1971-1983
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Su-25, 1982-1997 [4th AE]
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Su-24, 1982-1997 [4th AE]
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Su-22, 1982-1997 [4th AE]
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MiG-29, 7.83-today
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Su-27, 1989-today
Inventory:
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11.90: 16 Su-27, 15 MiG-29, 5 Su-24, 6 Su-25 and 3 Su-22
[CFE treaty data exchange]
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2000: 30 MiG-29, 18 Su-27, 1 Su-25 and 1 Su-17 [CFE treaty
data exchange]
Subordination: