518th Berlinskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

518-й истребительный Берлинский ордена Суворова авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 42192

Activated 6.41 as the 518th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1946 renamed 518th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1998.

Bases:

• Schönefeld, East Germany, 4.45 (possibly to 1946) [52 23 05N, 13 31 56E]

• ?, Baku Air Defence District, 1946 - 7.52

• Anshan, China, 28.7.52 - 27.7.53 [41 06 17N, 122 51 21E]

• Vaskovo, Arkhangelsk Oblast, 8.53 - 1964 [64 26 27N, 40 25 26E]

• Talagi, Arkhangelsk Oblast, 1964 - 1998 [64 35 56N, 40 43 00E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-1, 1941-1943

• LaGG-3, 1942-1944

• Yak-7B, 1942-1944

• Yak-9U, 1944-1950

• MiG-15, 1950-1956

• MiG-17P/PF, 1955?-1966

• Tu-128, 11.66-1984

• MiG-31, 1984-1998

Inventory:

• 11.90: 31 MiG-31 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 193rd Fighter Aviation Division, 2.44 - 12.45

• 282nd Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 12.45 - 1.49

• 216th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1.49 - 1960

• 23rd Air Defence Division, 1960 - 1993

• 22nd Air Defence Corps, 1993 - 1994

• 22nd Air Defence Division, 1994 - 1998