574th order of Lenin Red Banner Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment

574-й морской ракетоносный ордена Ленина Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 26840

Activated 19.4.40 as the 95th Fast Bomber Aviation Regiment.

25.9.41 renamed 95th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.3.42 transferred to the Northern Fleet.

1.5.42 renamed 95th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1945 to 1947 known as the 95th Mixed Aviation Regiment.

12.47 renamed 574th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

1958 renamed 574th Long-Range Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

1961 renamed 574th independent Long-Range Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

1.5.61 renamed 574th independent Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

22.2.68 awarded the order of Lenin.

2.83 renamed 574th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1.6.02.

Bases:

• Yagodnik, Arkhangelsk Oblast, 1945 - 1956 [64 24 02N, 40 53 34E]
• Lakhta (Katunino), Arkhangelsk Oblast, 1956 - 2002 [64 22 53N, 40 43 13E]

Aircraft:

• SB, 1940-1941
• Pe-2, 2.41-8.41
• Pe-3, 8.41-1953
• Yak-9, 1940's-1953
• Il-28, 1953-1958
• Tu-16, 11.57-1987
• Tu-22M3, 1987-2002

Inventory:

• 11.90: 25 Tu-22M3 [CFE treaty data exchange]
• 2000: 20 Tu-22M3 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 14th Mixed Aviation Division, 1945 - 12.47
• 5th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division, 12.47 - 7.54
• 599th Mixed Aviation Division, 7.54 - 1955
• 136th Mixed Aviation Division, 1955 - 1956
• VVS Belomorsk VF, 1956 - 1957
• 12th Aviation Group, 1957 - 1958
• 380th Mixed Aviation Division, 1958 - 1961
• Northern Fleet, 1961 - 2.83
• 5th Maritime Missile Aviation Division, 2.83 - 7.02