98th independent Guards Vislenskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

98-й отдельный гвардейский разведывательный Висленский Краснознаменный ордена Кутузова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 81636

Activated 13.4.42 as the 4th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

17.6.43 renamed 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Wien-Aspern, Austria, 1945 - 1.46 [48 13 33N, 16 30 21E]

• Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, 1.46 - today [67 59 20N, 33 00 53E]

Aircraft:

• Pe-2, 1942-1952

• Pe-3, 1942-1945

• Yak-9DD

• Il-28R, 1952-1973?

• Yak-27R, 1961?-1973?

• Yak-28R, 1968-1978?

• Su-17M3R, 1978?-1992

• MiG-25RB, 1985?-today

• Su-24MR, 1992-today

Inventory:

• 11.90: 16 MiG-25 and 18 Su-17M3R [CFE treaty data exchange]

• 2000: 26 MiG-25 and 20 Su-24MR [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 13th Air Army, 1943 - 5.44

• 2nd Air Army, 5.44 - 1946?

• 13th Air Army, 1946? - 1.49

• 76th Air Army, 1.49 - 1980

• VVS Leningrad Military District, 1980 - 1988

• 76th Air Army, 1988 - 1992

• 149th Mixed Aviation Division, 1992 - 1998

• 6th Air Army VVS and PVO, 1998 - today