737th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

737-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 28165; from 10.89: 36853

Activated early 1960 in Priozersk, Dzhambul Oblast, as the 31st independent Fighter Aviation Squadron.

22.11.60 renamed 737th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Taken over by Ukraine 1.1.92. Disbanded 1998.

Bases:

• Priozersk, Dzhambul Oblast, 11.60 - 12.83 [46 01 40N, 73 29 27E] - transfer completed 4.84

• Ayaguz, Semipalatinsk Oblast, 12.83 - 10.89 [47 55 14N, 80 27 02E]

• Chervonoglinskoye, Odessa Oblast, 22.10.89 - 1.92 [45 56 50N, 29 22 29E]

Aircraft:

• Su-9, 1960-1981

• MiG-17F/PF, 1965-1981 [4th AE only - for low level defence]

• MiG-23MLD, 1981-1998

Inventory:

• 11.90: 36 MiG-23MLD [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 60th Mixed Test Aviation Division, 1960 - 1963

• 7th Air Defence Division, 1963 - 3.80

• 10th Fighter Aviation Division, 3.80 - 4.86

• 7th Air Defence Division, 4.86 - 10.89

• 60th Air Defence Corps, 10.89 - 1.92