431st Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

431-й истребительный Краснознаменный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 26391

Activated 7.41 in Gorelovo, Leningrad Oblast, as the 431st Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1960 renamed 431st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

9.93 united with the 641st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, as the 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Tukums, Latvian SSR, 7.45 - 1953 [56 56 32N, 23 13 15E]
• Afrikanda, Murmansk Oblast, 1953 - 9.93 [67 27 18N, 32 47 13E]

Aircraft:

• LaGG-3, 11.41-1942
• Yak-1, 6.42-1943
• Yak-7b, 4.43-1944
• Yak-9U, 9.44-1951
• Yak-3, 1944-1945
• MiG-15, 1951-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1960
• MiG-19, 1960-1973
• Su-15, 1973-9.93

Inventory:

• 11.90: 39 Su-15TM [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 315th Fighter Aviation Division, 4.43 - 4.7.46
• 336th Fighter Aviation Division, 1946 - 1960
• 21st Air Defence Corps, 1960 - 9.93