689th Guards Sandomirskiy order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni Marshal of Aviation A.I. Pokryshkina
689-й гвардейский истребительный Сандомирский ордена Александра Невского авиационный полк ПВО имени маршала авиации А.И. Покрышкина
Military Unit: 21865
Activated 1940 as the 55th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
7.3.42 renamed 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
10.1.49 renamed 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
10.52 transferred to the VVS Baltic Fleet.
1960 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.
23.8.68 to 11.11.68 deployed to Zatec, Czechoslovakia [50 19 02N, 13 30 48E].
1995 transferred to the VVS Baltic Fleet, and renamed 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
8.2009 absorbed by the 6967th Aviation Base.
Bases:
Grossenhain, Germany, 8.5.45 - 18.5.45 [51 18 26N, 13 33 13E]
Riesa-Canitz, Germany, 18.5.45 - 4.6.45 [51 18 11N, 13 13 43E]
Absdorf, Austria, 4.6.45 - 24.7.46 [48 24 57N, 15 58 56E]
Eisenstadt, Austria, 24.7.46 - 3.47 [47 47 56N, 16 33 41E]
Wiener-Neustadt, Austria, 3.47 - 2.51 [47 50 16N, 16 13 17E]
Eisenstadt, Austria, 2.51 - 13.3.51 [47 47 56N, 16 33 41E]
Papa, Hungary, 13.3.51 - 15.8.51 [47 21 45N, 17 29 51E]
Strasshof, Austria, 15.8.51 - 10.52 [48 18 00N, 16 37 25E]
Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast, 10.52 - 15.12.02 [54 33 46N, 20 36 07E]
Chkalovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 15.12.02 - today [54 46 04N, 20 23 57E]
Aircraft:
I-153, 1940-1941
I-16, 1940-1941
MiG-3, 1941-1942
Yak-1, 1942-1943
P-39, 1942-1945
P-63, 1945-1951
MiG-15, 1951-1957
MiG-17, 1957-1962
MiG-19P, 1961-1977
MiG-23M, 1979-1989
Su-27, 1989-today
Inventory:
11.90: 36 Su-27 [CFE treaty data exchange]
2000: 28 Su-27 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordinated:
216th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.42 - 6.43
9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 6.43 - 1.49
237th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1.49 - 1960
3rd Air Defence Division, 1960 - 12.77
VVS Baltic Military District, 12.77 - 4.86
27th Air Defence Corps, 4.86 - 1995
VVS Baltic Fleet, 1995 - today