524th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

524-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 54829

Activated 1950 in Belarus as the 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1953 renamed 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

1960 renamed 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1994.

Bases:

• ?, Belarus, 1950 - 1952 [exact location is unknown]

• Severomorsk-2, Murmansk Oblast, 1952 - 1960 [69 00 51N, 33 17 35E]

• Letneozersk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, 1960 - 1994 [63 23 24N, 40 23 53E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-15, 1950-1954

• MiG-17, 1954-1965

• Yak-25, 1956-12.61 [one squadron only; 12.61 to 72nd Gv.IAP]

• Yak-28P, 1965-1976

• MiG-25P, 4.76-1994

Inventory:

• 11.90: 39 MiG-25 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 107th Fighter Aviation Division, 1950 - 1960

• 23rd Air Defence Division, 1960 - 1993

• 22nd Air Defence Corps, 1993 - 1994