777th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

777-й истребительный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 74420

Activated 5.2.42 as the 777th Mixed Aviation Regiment.

1.4.43 renamed 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.51 renamed 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 5.97.

Bases:

• Sokol-Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, 1945 - 1997 [47 15 44N, 142 45 57E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 2.42-1945
• I-15bis, 2.42-1944
• I-153, 2.42-1944
• Yak-9, 1.45-1951
• 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]

Subordination:

• 96th Assault Aviation Division, 12.44 - 5.46
• 29th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.46 - 1.51
• 153rd Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1.51 - 5.58
• Sakhalinskaya Air Defence Division, 5.58 - 4.60
• 24th Air Defence Division, 4.60 - 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