42nd Guards Tannenbergskiy Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Bomber Aviation Regiment

42-й гвардейский бомбардировочный Танненбергский Краснознаменный орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 45196

Activated 5.4.38 in the Transbaykal Military District, as the 8th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

8.2.43 renamed 42nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1.9.60 renamed 42nd Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (42nd Gv.IBAP, from 11.11.76 42nd Gv.APIB).

1981 renamed 42nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1990 reduced to two squadrons.

Disbanded 1992.

Bases:

• Wittstock, Germany, 5.45 [53 12 04N, 12 31 20E]

• Pila, Poland, 5.45 - 1947 [53 10 01N, 16 42 37E]

• Legnica, Poland, 1947 - 1.51 [51 11 00N, 16 10 44E]

• Szprotawa, Poland, 1.51 - 2.51 [51 33 38N, 15 35 23E]

• Zhagan, Poland, 2.51 - 4.92 [51 37 36N, 15 24 23E]

• Szprotawa, Poland, 4.92 - 8.5.92 [51 33 38N, 15 35 23E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1938-1941

• Yak-1, 1941-1942

• Yak-7, 1942-1944

• Yak-9U, 7.44-1954

• MiG-15bis, 1951-1956

• MiG-17F/PF, 1955-1972

• MiG-21PFM, 1972-1981

• Su-24, 1981-1985

• Su-24M, 1984-1992

Inventory:

• 1988: 40 Su-24

• 11.90: 25 Su-24 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 269th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.44 - 1.49

• 131st Fighter Aviation Division, 1.49 - 10.49

• 229th Fighter Aviation Division, 10.49 - 6.55

• 149th Fighter Aviation Division, 6.55 - 1.9.60

• 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 1.9.60 - 7.82

• 149th Bomber Aviation Division, 7.82 - 1992