982nd Fighter Aviation Regiment

982-й истребительный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 40501

Activated 8.42 as the 982nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1953 renamed 982nd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Georgia.

Bases:

• Vaziani, Georgian SSR, 1945 - 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 - 1.92 [41 37 42N, 45 01 59E]

Aircraft:

• 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]

Subordinated:

• 298th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1942 - 1953

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division, 1953 - 6.85

• VVS 40th Combined Arms Army, 6.85 - 6.86

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division, 6.86 - 1.92