16th Air Defence Corps

16-й корпус ПВО

Military Unit: 35552

Activated 4.60 in Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast, as the 18th Air Defence Division, from the 78th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division and the 142nd Fighter Aviation Division PVO.

Organisation 1962:

• 101st Communications Center (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 786th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Pravdinsk, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 356th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Bogorodsk, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 365th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Surovatikha, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 366th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Gorodets, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 387th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Sarov, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 9th Radio-Technical Brigade (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 412th independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)

1963 renamed 16th Air Defence Corps.

Organisation 1970:

• 101st Communications Center (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 786th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Pravdinsk, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Morshansk, Tambov Oblast)
• 72nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Gorodets, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 237th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Znamenka, Tambov Oblast)
• 291st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Neya, Kostroma Oblast)
• 356th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Sharya, Kostroma Oblast)
• 365th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Surovatikha, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 387th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Sarov, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 9th Radio-Technical Brigade (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 65th Radio-Technical Regiment (Morshansk, Tambov Oblast)
• 412th independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)

Organisation 1980:

• 101st Communications Center (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 786th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Pravdinsk, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Morshansk, Tambov Oblast)
• 72nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Gorodets, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 291st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Neya, Kostroma Oblast)
• 356th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Sharya, Kostroma Oblast)
• 371st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kosterovo, Vladimir Oblast)
• 493rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast)
• 9th Radio-Technical Brigade (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 65th Radio-Technical Regiment (Morshansk, Tambov Oblast)
• 412th independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

• 101st Communications Center (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 786th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Pravdinsk, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Morshansk, Tambov Oblast)
• 72nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Gorodets, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 291st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Neya, Kostroma Oblast)
• 356th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Sharya, Kostroma Oblast)
• 371st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kosterovo, Vladimir Oblast)
• 493rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast)
• 9th Radio-Technical Brigade (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)
• 65th Radio-Technical Regiment (Morshansk, Tambov Oblast)
• 412th independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast)

Disbanded 1994.

Headquarters:

• Gorkiy, Gorkiy Oblast, 1960 - 1994 [56 18 46N, 44 01 22E] - command point: 56 18 28N, 44 04 06E

Subordination:

• Moscow Air Defence District, 1960 - 1994