523rd Orshanskiy Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

523-й авиационный Оршанский Краснознаменный орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Александра Невского полк истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 29683

Activated 1941 as the 523rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

6.48 renamed 523rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

1957 renamed 523rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (IBAP, from 11.76 APIB).

Disbanded 10.94 - awards and honours to the 56th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Kobrin, Brest Oblast, 1945 - 6.48 [52 14 19N, 24 20 55E]

• Kostroma (Sokerkino), Kostroma Oblast, 6.48 - 9.50 [57 47 54N, 41 01 07E]

• Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray, 9.50 - 3.51 [43 54 30N, 131 55 30E]

• Mukden, China, 25.3.51 - 28.5.51 [41 49 22N, 123 17 54E]

• Myaogou, China, 28.5.51 - 3.52 [39 57 00N, 124 08 50E] - uncertain

• Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray, 3.52 - 10.94 [43 54 30N, 131 55 30E]

Aircraft:

• LaGG-3, 1941-1942

• La-5, 1942-1945

• La-7, 1945-1948

• Yak-15, 1948-1949

• MiG-9, 1948-1949

• MiG-15, 1949-1953

• MiG-17, 1953-1957

• Su-7, 1957-1971

• Su-17, 1971-1994 [latest model: Su-17M4]

Subordinated:

• 303rd Fighter Aviation Division, 1944 - 6.48

• 303rd Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 6.48 - 3.57

• 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 3.57 - 10.94