33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

33-й истребительный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 80605

Activated 5.38 as the 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

10.51 renamed 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

23.8.68 to 31.10.68 deployed at Bechyné, Czechoslovakia [49 16 26N, 14 30 13E].

Disbanded 4.94.

Bases:

• ?, Estonian SSR, 5.45

• Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, 1946(?) - 10.51 [54 52 47N, 23 52 52E]

• Finow, Germany, 10.51 - 10.56 [52 49 41N, 13 41 39E]

• Lärz, Germany, 10.56 - 9.61 [53 18 18N, 12 45 13E]

• Wittstock, 9.61 - 7.4.94 [53 12 04N, 12 31 23E]

• Damgarten, 7.4.94 - 11.4.94 [54 15 50N, 12 26 30E]

• Andreapol, Tver Oblast, 4.94 - 4.94 [56 38 42N, 32 18 43E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1938-1941

• LaGG-3, 1941-1942

• Yak-1, 1942-1943

• Yak-7B, 1943-1944

• Yak-9, 1944-1951

• P-40 Tomahawk, 1944-1946?

• MiG-15, 1951-1956

• MiG-17F, 1954-1958

• MiG-19S/PFU, 1956-1969

• MiG-21F/PFM/S/SM/SMT, 1961-1983 [MiG-21PFM from 8.65, 1972 with MiG-21PFMA]

• MiG-23M/ML/UB, 1978-1985 [1985 to the 773rd IAP]

• MiG-29, 12.85-1994 [1994 to the 28th Gv.IAP]

Inventory:

• 1964: 24 MiG-19/S/PM and 12 MiG-19P

• 11.90: 31 MiG-29 and 2 MiG-23UM [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 106th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 3.42 - 1946(?)

• 125th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1946(?) - 10.51

• 125th Fighter Aviation Division, 10.51 - 1961

• 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1961 - 10.93

• 16th Air Army, 10.93 - 4.94