1230th Aviation Regiment of tanker aircraft

1230-й авиационный полк самолетов заправщиков

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1.10.55 in Uzin, Kiev Oblast, as the 1230th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1970(?) renamed 1230th Aviation Regiment of tanker aircraft.

Disbanded 1.6.94, and absorbed by the 203rd Guards Aviation Regiment of Tanker Aircraft.

Bases:

• Engels, Saratov Oblast, 1954 - 1989 [51 28 53N, 46 12 46E]

Aircraft:

• M-4, 1954-1960

• 3M, 1957-1992

• Il-78, 1992-1994

Inventory:

• 1991: 30+ 3MS-2 and 3MN-2

Subordinated:

• 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1955 - 1994