831st Galatskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment

831-й истребительный Галацкий Краснознаменный ордена Суворова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 21888

Activated 11.40 in Krasnovodsk, Khorezmskaya Oblast, as the 164th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

10.1.49 renamed 831st Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• unknown airfield, Georgian SSSR, 1946 - 1960

• Borispol, Kiev Oblast, 1960 - 1977 [50 20 13N, 30 53 37E]

• Mirgorod, Poltava Oblast, 1977 - 1992 [49 55 58N, 33 38 30E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1940-1941

• I-153, 1940-1941

• LaGG-3, 1941-1943

• La-5FN, 1943-1946

• La-7, 1944-1951

• MiG-15, 1951-1958?

• MiG-17, 1958?-1968

• MiG-21PF/PFM, 1968-1986

• Su-27, 1985-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 40 Su-27 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 295th Fighter Aviation Division, 11.42 - 1946

• 00 Fighter Aviation Division, 1946 - 1961

• 138th Fighter Aviation Division, 1961 - 1992