642nd Guards Bratislavskiy Red Banner Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

642-й гвардейский Братиславский Краснознаменный авиационный полк истребителей бомбардировщиков

Military Unit: 78530

Activated 1940 as the 230th Fast Bomber Aviation Regiment.

12.11.42 renamed 230th Assault Aviation Regiment.

3.9.43 renamed 130th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.

10.1.49 renamed 642nd Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.

4.56 renamed 642nd Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (642nd Gv.IBAP, from 11.76 642nd Gv.APIB).

1988 renamed 642nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Fischamend, Austria, 5.45 - 7.45
• Arad, Romania, 6.7.45 - 1.1.48 [46 10 35N, 21 15 45E]
• Odessa-Shkolnyy, Odessa Oblast, 1.1.48 - 17.10.52 [46 25 06N, 30 41 49E]
• Podgorodnaya, Odessa Oblast, 17.10.52 - 6.2.59 [48 06 27N, 30 52 19E]
• Voznesensk, Nikolayev Oblast, 6.2.59 - 1.1.92 [47 30 34N, 31 15 20E]

Aircraft:

• SB, 1940-1942
• Il-2, 1942-1948
• Il-10, 1948-1956
• MiG-15, 1956-1961
• Su-7B, 1.61-1974
• MiG-23B/BN, 1974-1976
• MiG-27M, 1976-1988
• MiG-29, 1988-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 53 MiG-29 and 8 MiG-23U [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 232nd Assault Aviation Division, 11.42 - 9.43
• 7th Guards Assault Aviation Division, 9.43 - 1.49
• 135th Guards Assault Aviation Division, 1.49 - 4.56
• 135th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 4.56 - 1960
• 48th Air Army, 1960 - 4.68
• 5th Air Army, 4.68 - 4.80
• VVS Odessa Military District, 4.80 - 5.88
• 5th Air Army, 5.88 - 1.92