738th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

738-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 42107

Activated 8.41.

23.8.68 to 11.11.68 deployed to Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [49 41 44N, 18 06 47E].

Disbanded 9.11.90.

Bases:

• Zaporoshye-Mokroe, Zaporoshye Oblast, 1945 - 11.90 [47 52 04N, 35 18 48E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1941-1942

• P-39 Aircobra, 1942-1949

• Yak-15, 1949-1952

• MiG-15, 1952-1956

• Yak-25M, 1956-1965 [probably one squadron]

• MiG-17, 1956-1965 [probably two squadrons]

• Yak-28P, 1965-1982

• MiG-25PD, 17.7.82-9.11.90 [1990 to the 152nd IAP (2 squadrons) and to depot at Semipalatinsk]

Subordinated:

• 126th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1944 - 16.1.45

• 127th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 16.1.45 - 1947

• 155th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1947 - 2.11.59

• Dnepropetrovsk Air Defence Division, 2.11.59 - 1.4.60

• 11th Air Defence Division, 1.4.60 - 15.3.86

• 49th Air Defence Corps, 15.3.86 - 1.6.88

• 1st Air Defence Division, 1.6.88 - 15.7.89

• 60th Air Defence Corps, 15.7.89 - 11.90