27th Guards Vyborgskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment

27-й гвардейский истребительный Выборгский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 55748

Activated 3.40 as the 123rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

22.11.42 renamed 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1958 renamed 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

In 4.60 renamed 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

10.70 renamed 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Staff and two squadrons were deployed to Afghanistan 6.81 to 3.6.82 (Staff and one squadron at Bagram [34 56 42N, 69 15 38E], and one squadron at Kandahar [31 30 23N, 65 51 01E) - the third squadron remained at Ucharal.

Training duties only from spring 1989.

Disbanded 6.92.

Bases:

• Pushkin, Leningrad Oblast, 10.45 - 10.70 [59 41 13N, 30 20 04E]
• Ucharal, Alma-Ata Oblast, 10.70 - 1992 [46 11 22N, 80 49 52E] *

 * one squadron with MiG-21UM was based at Ayaguz, Semipalatinsk Oblast [47 55 13N, 80 27 03] from 1989 to 1992.

Aircraft:

• I-153, 3.40-1941
• Yak-1, 5.41-1942
• I-16, 10.41-1942
• Yak-7b, 10.42-1944
• Yak-9, 1.44-1950
• Spitfire Mk.IX, 6.45-1949
• MiG-15, 1950-1953
• MiG-17, 1953-1958
• MiG-19P/PM/S, 1957-1971
• MiG-21PF, 1971-1992
• MiG-21bis, 12.74-1992

Subordination:

• 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, 1943 - 1949
• 41st Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 2.49 - 1958
• 41st Fighter Aviation Division, 1958 - 4.60
• 18th Air Defence Corps, 4.60 - 1970
• 10th Mixed Aviation Division, 1970 - 1980
• 10th Fighter Aviation Division, 1980 - 1989
• 10th Training Aviation Center, 1989 - 1992