927th Kenigsbergskiy Red Banner order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment

927-й истребительный Кенигсбергский Краснознаменный ордена Александра Невского авиационный полк

Military Unit: 55782

Activated 6.42.

3.52 to 11.52 in Hungary to help train Hungarian pilots on the MiG-15.

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

13.6.83 left Bereza-Osovitsy for Kokaydy, arriving 15.6.83, via Mirgorod, Armavir, Nasosnaya and Kzyl-Arvat. 25.6.83 continued on to Bagram, Afghanistan, arriving with 28 MiG-21bis and 4 MiG-21UM - the 2nd AE was deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan [33 23 29N, 61 15 35E].

26.7.84 in returned to Bereza-Osovitsy.

1.1.92 taken over by Belarus - 1994 renamed 927th Fighter Aviation Base.

Bases:

• Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast, 7.45 - 1947(?) [58 37 46N, 31 23 12E]
• Siverskaya, Leningrad Oblast, 1947(?) - 15.3.52 [59 21 05N, 30 02 14E]
• Kecskemet, Hungary, 15.3.52 - 20.11.52 [46 54 59N, 19 44 49E]
• Strasshof, Austria, 20.11.52 - 1.9.55 [48 18 02N, 16 37 15E]
• Bereza-Osovitsy, Brest Oblast, 1.9.55 - 13.6.83 [52 33 29N, 24 52 58E]
• Bagram, Afghanistan, 26.6.83 - 26.7.84 [34 56 44N, 69 15 46E]
• Bereza-Osovitsy, Brest Oblast, 7.84 - 1.92 [52 33 29N, 24 52 58E]

Aircraft:

• LaGG-3, 1942-1943
• La-5, 1943-1945
• La-7, 1945-1950
• MiG-15, 1950-1962
• MiG-21F-13, 1962-1973?
• MiG-21SMT, 1973?-1978?
• MiG-21bis, 1978?-1986
• MiG-29, 1986-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 51 MiG-29 and 4 MiG-21 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 6.43 - 10.43
• 330th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.43 - 4.60
• 95th Fighter Aviation Division, 4.60 - 1988
• 26th Air Army, 1988 - 1992