712th Guards Chernovitskiy order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

712-й гвардейский истребительный Черновицкий ордена Кутузова авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 40437; from 2.49: 35568

Activated 6.38 as the 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

8.2.43 renamed 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) renamed 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

30.9.50 renamed 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

From 2008 part of the 6980th Aviation Base.

Bases:

• Götzendorf, Austria, 5.45 - 12.45 [48 01 59N, 16 34 15E]
• Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 12.45 - 12.47 [47 08 36N, 18 25 10E]
• Salyany, Azerbaidzhan SSR, 12.47 - 1.52 [39 38 54N, 48 59 24E]
• Pirsagat, Azerbaizhan SSR, 1.52 - 7.59 [39 51 23N, 49 20 25E]
• Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Kray, 7.59 - today [56 07 30N, 95 39 52E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1938-1941
• LaGG-3, 1941-1942
• La-5, 1942-1945
• La-7, 1944-1950
• MiG-15, 4.50-1954
• MiG-17, 1952-1975
• Su-15TM, 1975-1993
• MiG-31, 1993-today

Subordination:

• 217th Fighter Aviation Division, 1.43 - 5.43
• 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 5.43 - 1.49
• 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1.49 - 7.59
• 26th Air Defence Division, 1960 - 4.80
• 39th Air Defence Corps, 4.80 - 1988
• 94th Air Defence Division, 1988 - 1998
• 14th Air Army VVS and PVO, 1998 - today