20th Guards Red Banner Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
20-й гвардейский
Краснознаменный авиационный полк истребителей
бомбардировщиков
Military Unit: 35501; from 10.53: 59554
Activated 12.39 as the 147th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
4.4.42 renamed 20th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
10.7.60 renamed 20th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (IBAP,
from 11.76 APIB).
1994 absorbed the 953rd Bomber
Aviation Regiment, and was renamed 20th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.
1.5.98 united with the 899th Assault
Aviation Regiment, and renamed 899th Guards Assault
Aviation Regiment.
Bases:
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Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, 1945 - 10.53 [61 50 23N, 34 17 40E]
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Damgarten, Germany, 10.53 - 12.53 [54 15 50N, 12 26 30E]
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Parchim, Germany, 12.53 - 14.10.70 [53 25 43N, 11 46 55E]
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Templin, Germany, 14.10.70 - 5.4.94 [53 01 50N, 13 32 32E]
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Kamenka, Penza Oblast, 4.94 - 6.98 [53 12 20N, 44 03 53E]
Aircraft:
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I-153/16/15bis, 1939-1941
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MiG-3, 1941-1942
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P-40 Tomahawk, 1.42-1943
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P-39 Aircobra, 8.43 - 1946
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Yak-9, 1945-1946
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Yak-3, 1946-1951
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MiG-15, 1951-1956
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MiG-17F/PF, 1955-1967 [possibly a few to 1973]
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Su-7B/BM, 1963 - 1978
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Su-17M, 2.74 - 1981 [ one of the first units to get the
Su-17]
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Su-17M2, 1976 - 1981
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Su-17M3, 5.81 - 1991
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Su-17M4, 4.87 - 1994 [1994 to depot at Taganrog, Rostov
Oblast]
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Su-24M, 4.94-6.98 [1994 from the
953rd BAP; 1998 to Lebyazhe, Volgograd Oblast]
Inventory:
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1964 with 24 MiG-17 and 12 Su-7
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1965 with 36 Su-7 and 12 MiG-17
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1990 with 39 Su-17M4 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordination: