27th Air Defence Corps

27-й корпус ПВО

Military Unit: 78454

Activated 2.57 in Riga, Latvian SSR, as the Baltic Air Defence Corps.

21.3.60 renamed 27th Air Defence Corps.

Organisation 1962:

• 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Vainode, Latvian SSR)
• 372nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Daugavpils-Lotsiki, Latvian SSR)
• 000 Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Ventspils, Latvian SSR)
• 185th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Riga, Latvian SSR)
• 529th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR)
• 960th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
• 19th Radio-Technical Regiment (Tukums, Latvian SSR)
• 19th Radio-Technical Regiment (Tukums, Latvian SSR)
• 00 Radio-Technical Regiment (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)

Organisation 1970:

• 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Vainode, Latvian SSR)
• 372nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Daugavpils-Lotsiki, Latvian SSR)
• 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Ventspils, Latvian SSR)
• 85th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)
• 158th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
• 205th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Riga, Latvian SSR)
• 529th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR)
• 19th Radio-Technical Regiment (Tukums, Latvian SSR)
• 00 Radio-Technical Regiment (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)

The three fighter regiments were transferred to the Baltic Military District in 12.77.

Organisation 1980:

• 69th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Ventspils, Latvian SSR)
• 85th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)
• 158th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
• 169th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Neman, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 183rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 205th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Riga, Latvian SSR)
• 529th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR)
• 80th Radio-Technical Brigade (Tukums, Latvian SSR)
• 81st Radio-Technical Brigade (Pereslavskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

• 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Vainode, Latvian SSR)
• 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 69th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Ventspils, Latvian SSR)
• 158th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
• 169th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Neman, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 183rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 205th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Riga, Latvian SSR)
• 466th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR)
• 427th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)
• 80th Radio-Technical Brigade (Tukums, Latvian SSR)
• 81st Radio-Technical Brigade (Pereslavskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast)

Disbanded 1994.

Headquarters:

• Riga, Latvian SSR, 1957 - 1994 [56 57 30N, 24 22 56E]

Subordination:

• 2nd independent Air Defence Army, 3.60 - 12.77
• VVS Baltic Military District, 4.80 - 3.86
• 6th independent Air Defence Army, 3.86 - 1994