77th independent Long-Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment

77-й отдельный противолодочный авиационный полк дальнего действия

Military Unit: 70053

Activated 25.6.69 at Nikolaevka, Primorskiy Kray.

Some aircraft were forward deployed from 1976, and used the following airfields:

• Hargeisa, Somalia, 1976 - 1979 (09 30 52N, 44 05 03E)
• Dafet, Somalia, 1976 - 1979 (02 40 13N, 44 47 38)
• Aden, South Yemen, 1977 - 1990 (12 49 45N, 45 01 44E)
• Al-Anad, South Yemen, 1977 - 1990 (13 10 32N, 44 46 02E)
• Asmera, Ethiopia, 1980 - 1985 (15 17 25N, 38 54 41E)

Disbanded 1.12.93, and absorbed by the 289th independent Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Nikolaevka, Primorskiy Kray, 25.6.69 - 1.12.93 [43 05 11N, 133 11 32E]

Aircraft:

• Il-38, 1969-1993

Subordination:

• Pacific Fleet, 6.69 - 12.93