806th order of Suvorov Bomber Aviation Regiment

806-й бомбардировочный ордена Суворова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 53904

Activated 6.41 as the 276th Short-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment.

27.3.42 renamed 806th Assault Aviation Regiment.

4.56 renamed 806th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (806th IBAP, from 11.76 806th APIB).

12.79 deployed to Kzyl-Arvat, Ashkhabad Oblast [38 59 08N, 56 21 29E], covering the troop entry into Afghanistan - returned after about two months.

1988 renamed 806th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast, 1945 - 1992 [50 47 18N, 25 20 59E] - possibly based at Korosten, Zhitomir Oblast, in the 1940's and early 1950's

Aircraft:

• SB, 1941-1942

• Il-2, 1942-1945

• Il-10, 1945-1956

• MiG-17, 1956-1961

• Su-7B/BKL, 1961-1979

• Su-17M2, 1979-1988

• Su-24, 1988-1992

Inventory:

• 11.90: 30 Su-24 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 206th Assault Aviation Division, 1943 - 12.45

• 289th Assault Aviation Division, 12.45 - 5.57

• 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, 5.57 - 1988

• 289th Bomber Aviation Division, 1988 - 1992