656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

656-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 31522

Activated 1952 in Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast, as the 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1960 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 1.8.93.

Bases:

• Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast, 1952 - 1954 [60 05 18N, 30 11 37E]

• Tapa, Estonian SSR, 1954 - 8.93 [59 14 14N, 25 56 48E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-15bis, 1952-1955

• MiG-17, 1955-1963

• Su-9, 1960-1978

• MiG-23M/MLD, 1978-1993

Inventory:

• 11.90: 38 MiG-23MLD [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 81st Fighter Aviation Division, 1952 - 1960

• 14th Air Defence Division, 3.60 - 31.12.77

• VVS Baltic Military District, 31.12.77 - 1980

• 27th Fighter Aviation Division, 1980 - 30.4.86

• 14th Air Defence Division, 30.4.86 - 1.8.93