827th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

827-й отдельный разведывательный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 22540

Activated 8.3.52 at Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR.

10.4.60 reduced and renamed 233rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

15.4.68 renamed 827th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment with two squadrons:

• 1st AE from the 233rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron with MiG-21R
• 2nd AE from the 92nd independent Observation Aviation Squadron with Il-28R

1981 one AE with MiG-21R (replaced by Su-17M4R in 1982) and one AE with Su-17M3R.

4.91 the third AE was formed from a squadron of the 328th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine - 1994 renamed 827th independent Training Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR, 3.52 - 4.68 [46 52 00N, 29 35 24E]
• Limanskoye, Odessa Oblast, 4.68 - 1.92 [46 40 09N, 30 00 30E]

Aircraft:

• MiG-15R, 1952-1965
• MiG-17, 1958-1965
• MiG-21R, 1965?-1982
• Il-28R, 1968-1975?
• Su-17M3R, 1980-1986
• Su-17M4R, 1982-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 29 Su-17M4R [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 48th Air Army, 3.52 - 4.68
• 5th Air Army, 4.68 - 4.80
• VVS Odessa Military District, 4.80 - 5.88
• 5th Air Army, 5.88 - 1.92