982nd Fighter Aviation Regiment

982-й истребительный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 40501

Activated 8.42 as the 982nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

31.10.51 renamed 982nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 12.92.

Bases:

• Vaziani, Georgian SSR, 1.45 - 6.85 [41 37 42N, 45 01 59E]
• Kandahar, Afghanistan, 6.85 - 6.86 [31 30 18N, 65 50 49E]
• Vaziani, Georgian SSR, 6.86 - 12.92 [41 37 42N, 45 01 59E]
• Tambov, Tambov Oblast, 12.92 - 12.92 [52 42 05N, 41 22 35E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 8.42-1943
• LaGG-3, 8.42-1943
• P-40 Kittyhawk, 6.43-1944
• Hurricane, 11.43-1945
• Yak-9, 1945-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1955
• MiG-17, 1954-1962
• MiG-21, 1962-1978 [MiG-21SM in 1973]
• MiG-23MLA/MLD, 1978-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 44 MiG-23MLD [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 298th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1942 - 9.9.45
• 8th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, 9.9.45 - 3.46
• 126th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 3.46 - 4.49
• 126th Fighter Aviation Division, 4.49 - 31.10.51
• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division, 31.10.51 - 6.85
• VVS 40th Combined Arms Army, 6.85 - 6.86
• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division, 6.86 - 12.92