846th independent Guards Klaypedskiy Red Banner Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment imeni I.I. Borzov
846-й отдельный гвардейский морской штурмовой Клайпедский Краснознаменный авиационный полк имени И.И. Борзова
Military Unit: 39064
Activated 12.61 in Riga-Skulte, Latvian SSR, as the 846th independent Guards Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment, from the 469th Base of Aircraft Storage - titles and honours from the disbanded 1st Guards Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.
1.12.72 renamed 846th independent Guards Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment.
1.10.75 divided into two units:
846th independent Guards Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment, named "I.I. Borzov" amd rearmed with the Su-17
145th independent Long-Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron with Il-38
12.93 united with the 15th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.
2.96 renamed 846th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.
1.5.98 absorbed by the 4th Guards Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment.
Bases:
Riga-Skulte, Latvian SSR, 1961 - 1.10.75 [56 44 16N, 23 58 14E]
Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, 1.10.75 - 12.75 [57 17 51N, 28 26 03E]
Chkalovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 12.75 - 1998 [54 46 01N, 20 23 50E]
Aircraft:
Il-28T/PL, 1961-1975
Il-38, 1972-1975 [2nd AE]
Su-17M3, 1975-1993
Su-24M/MR, 1993-1998
Inventory:
11.90 with 36 Su-17M3 and 5 Su-17UM3 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordinated:
384th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division, 12.61 - 7.64
VVS Baltic Fleet, 7.64 - 1998