777th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

777-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 74420

Activated 1944 as the 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Transferred to the Air Defence Forces in 1949(?) as the 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 5.97.

Bases:

• Sokol-Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, 1946 - 1997 [47 15 44N, 142 45 57E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1944-1945

• Yak-9, 1945-1951

• MiG-15, 1951-1955

• MiG-17, 1955-1959

• MiG-19, 1959-1970

• Su-15, 1970-1985 [only one AE from 1983]

• MiG-23ML, 1983-1986 [two AE only]

• MiG-31, 1985-1997 [only one AE until 1986]

Subordinated:

• 250th Fighter Aviation Division, 1944 - 1949

• 000 Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1949 - 1960

• 24th Air Defence Division, 1960 - 5.80

• 40th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.80 - 5.86

• 24th Air Defence Division, 5.86 - 1990

• 72nd Air Defence Corps, 1990 - 1994

• 6th Air Defence Division, 1994 - 5.97