684th Guards Orshanskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment

684-й гвардейский истребительный Оршанский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 06850, from 1951: 40441

Activated 1941 as the 42nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

9.10.43 renamed 133rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

10.1.49 renamed 684th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

One squadron were deployed to Cuba 1961-1962 with MiG-19 - San Antonio de Los Banos [22 51 45N, 82 31 24W].

Disbanded 1989 - after a flying accident in 7.88, which killed several civilians in Tiraspol.

Bases:

• Wensickendorf, East Germany, 5.45 - 8.45 [52 46 18N, 13 22 42E]

• Grossenhain, East Germany, 8.45 - 1947 [51 18 26N, 13 33 13E]

• Brandis, East Germany, 1947 - 1949 [51 19 46N, 12 39 21E]

• Falkenberg, East Germany, 1949 - 10.51 [51 32 52N, 13 13 02E]

• Tiraspol, Moldovian SSR, 10.51 - 1989 [46 52 05N, 29 35 21E]

Aircraft:

• I-153, 1941-1941

• I-15bis, 1941-1941

• I-16, 1941-1941

• MiG-3, 1941-1941

• Yak-1, 1941-1942

• LaGG-3, 1942-1943

• Yak-7, 1942-1943

• Yak-9, 1943-1949

• Yak-17, 1949-1950

• MiG-15, 1949-1956

• MiG-19P/PM/S/SV, 1956-1967

• MiG-21S/US, 5.67-1975

• MiG-23M/UB, 1975-1989

Subordinated:

• 240th Fighter Aviation Division, 6.42 - 1.49

• 119th Fighter Aviation Division, 1.49 - 1989