List of regiments of the Russian Air Force explained

The Russian Air Force, like the Soviet Air Forces before them, has the aviation regiment as its basic organisational unit. This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 7, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Primary initial source for this listing is Piotr Butowski, 'Force Report: Russian Air Force,' Air Forces Monthly, July and August 2007. Other sources included Jane's World Air Forces, Issue 0, March 1996.

Air Force

Listings of Guards titles cannot yet be considered definitive; there are no doubt errors and omissions in the table.[1]

RegimentTypeLocationDivision
/Corps		FormationAircraftRemarks
/Titles
1st Guards Instructor Bomber Aviation RegimentIBAPLebyazhyeNAHQ VVSSu-24Training unit
2nd Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPDzhida21st SAD14th Air ArmySu-24M;[2]
3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment IAPKrymsk (air base)?4th Air ArmySu-27Ex 562nd IAP
3rd Bomber Aviation RegimentBAPKrzywa, Poland 1961-92149 BAD4th Air ArmyBriefly at Szprotawa, Poland, early 1992, 4 June 1992, then withdrawn to Lebyazhe, Volgograd Oblast, disbanded 1992 (51.3094°N 15.7275°W)[3]
9th Fighter Aviation Regiment IAPKilp-Yavr (Poliarnyi) ?6th Air ArmySu-27;Ex 941st IAP
11th Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentRAPMarinovka Air Base?4th Air ArmySu-24MR;2005 renamed 6972nd Aviation Base
14th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-VVSKhalino near KurskNA16th Air ArmyMiG-29Moved in 1998 from Zerdevka to Khalino[4]
18th Guards Assault Aviation RegimentShAPChernigovka303th SAD11th Air ArmySukhoi Su-25Galenki (air base) 1993-2009; Chernigovka from 2013
19th Fighter Aviation Regiment IAPMillerovoNAMiG-29
22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment IAPCentralnaya Uglovaya (Artem)23 KPVO11th Air ArmySu-27;
23rd Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPDzemgi25th DPVO11th Air ArmySu-27First -27SM unit
IAP-VVSAndreapolNA16th Air ArmyMiG-29Reformed from 33 IAP, withdrawn from Wittstock, GSFG 1994
31st Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPZernogradNA4th Air ArmyMiG-29;[5]
33rd Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP16th Air ArmyMiG-29Disbanded 1994.[6]
35th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPZherdevkaVVS MVOMiG-29 Disbanded 1996. http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/35iap.htm
41st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVOIAPBurevestnik, Iturup Island24th Air Defence Division PVO11th Air Defence Army?MiG-23ML/MLDDisbanded May 1994 http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/41iap.htm
47th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment RAPShatalovoNA16th Air ArmyMiG-25 and Su-24MRPomerania Red Banner; 1988-93 named 1046th TsBPiPLS
52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment TBAP Shaykovka22nd TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-22M3 2009 became part of 6951st Aviation Base. Reported flying TU-22M3 aircraft in the fighting following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in 2022.[7]
54th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPSavasleykaNAHQ PVOSu-27Disbanded 2005-06 (Holm: disbanded 2002 and absorbed by 3958 Aviation Base)[8]
67th Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPSiverskiy-2NA6th Air ArmySu-24[9]
79th Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPUkrainka326th TBAD37th Air ArmyTU-95MS
98th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentRAPMonchegorskNA6th Air ArmyMiG-25RB/U, Su-24MR[10]
103rd Transport Aviation RegimentVTAPSmolenskNA61st Air ArmyIl-76
110th Transport Aviation RegimentVTAPKrechevitsyNA61st Air ArmyIl-76
117th Transport Aviation RegimentVTAPOrenburgNA61st Air ArmyIl-76/An-12
120th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPDomna, 27 km SW ChitaNA14th Air ArmyMiG-29;
121st Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPEngels-222nd TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-160
138th Independent Mixed Air RegimentOSAPLevashevoNA6th Air ArmyAn-12, An-26, Mi-8, Tu-134;
159th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPBesovetsNA6th Air ArmySu-27;
160th Training Aviation RegimentUAPBorisoglebsk786th Training CentreHQ VVS Su-27
174th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-PVOMonchegorsk21st Air Defence Corps10th Army PVOMiG-25, MiG-31Печенгский Red Banner named for B.F. Safonov, disbanded September 1, 2001[11]
176th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-VVSMikha Tskhakaya (Senaki), Georgia?34th Air ArmyMiG-29Withdrawn to Bagai-Baranovka in 1992 and disbanded[12]
177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVOIAP-PVOLodeynoye Pole54th Air Defence Corps6th Air Defence ArmySu-27Disbanded 2009
180th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVOIAP-PVOGromovo54 ADC 6th Air Defence ArmyMiG-31 Disbanded 2002
182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPUkrainka326th TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-95MS
184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPEngels-222nd TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-95MSIn Ukraine until 2000; reformed at Engels-2 on 1 September 2000.[13]
187th Assault Aviation Regiment ShAPChernigovka303rd SAD11th Air ArmySu-25;
196th Transport Aviation RegimentVTAPMigalovo12th VTAD61st Air ArmyIl-76
200th Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPBelaya326th TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-22M3/MR
209th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPPrivolzhskiy 12th Air Defence CorpsRussian Air Defence ForcesSu-27Formed from amalgamation of 393 Gv IAP and 529 IAP. Amalgamated with 562 IAP 2001 and became 3 Gv IAP.
226th Independent Mixed Aviation RegimentOSAPKubinkaNAKSNMi-8, Mi-9, An-12, An-24, An-26, An-30
237th Guards Air Technology Demonstration CentreTsPAT KubinkaNA16th Air ArmyMiG-29, Su-27, Su-27M, L-39C
257th Independent Mixed Aviation RegimentOSAPKhabarovsk-Bolshoy NA11th Air ArmyAn-12, An-26, Mi-8;
265th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-PVOPoduzhemye, Karelian ASSR23rd Air Defence Division10th Air Defence ArmySukhoi Su-27Disbanded 1994.[14]
266th Assault Aviation Regiment ShAPStep21 SAD14th Air ArmySu-25;
274th Aviation Regiment of Fighter-BombersAPIBMigalovoVVS MVO Su-17Disbanded 1993.[15]
277th Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPKhurba303 SAD11th Air ArmySu-24Reformed into the 3rd Combat Regiment before 2022.[16]
296th Bomber Air Regiment BAPMarinovka10 BAD4 A VVS i PVOSu-24Disbanded after 2002
302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPVerino303 SAD11th Air ArmySu-24
313th Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentRAPBada21 SAD14th Air ArmySu-24MR;
334th Transport Aviation regimentVTAPPskovNA61st Air ArmyIl-76
343rd Instructional Fighter Aviation Regiment IIAPSennoyMiG-29Disbanded 1998.[17]
368th Assault Aviation RegimentShAPBudyonnovskNA4th Air ArmySu-25
431st Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-PVOAfrikanda 10th Air Defence ArmySu-15Formed January 1942; merged with 641 GvIAP in September 1993 to form 470 GvIAP.[18]
444th Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPUssuriysk326th TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-22M3
445th Fighter Aviation Regiment IAP-PVOSavatiya (Kotlas)23rd Air Defence Division10th Air Defence ArmyMiG-25PFormed July 1941; 1993 absorbed by the 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.[19]
455th Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPChertovitskoye, Voronezh105 SAD16th Air ArmySu-24
458th Fighter Aviation Regiment IAPSavatiya (Kotlas)NA6th Air ArmyMiG-25U, MiG-31;
461st Assault Aviation RegimentShAPKrasnodarNA4th Air ArmySu-25Partially formed from portion of 80 OShAP withdrawn from Azerbaijan
IAP-PVOAfrikandaNA6th Air ArmySu-27Disbanded September 1, 2001[20]
IAP-PVOKursk 7th Division of PVOMoscow Dist PVO?MiG-23S Disbanded May 1, 1998[21]
518th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVOIAP-PVOTalagi AirportCorps PVO10th Air Defence ArmyMiG-31Formed 1941, disbanded 1998.[22]
524th Fighter Aviation Regiment IAP-PVOLetneozersk 22nd Air Defence Corps10th Air Defence ArmyMikoyan MiG-25P Disbanded 1994[23]
530th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPSokolovka23 PVO11th Air ArmyMiG-25PU, MiG-31
535th Independent Mixed Aviation RegimentOSAPRostov on DonNA4th Air ArmyMi-8, An-12 and An-26
559th Bomber Aviation RegimentBAPMorozovskNA4th Air ArmySu-24
566th Transport Aviation RegimentVTAPSeshcha12th VTAD61st Air ArmyIl-76/An-124
611th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-PVODorokhovo32nd KPVOKSNSu-27
708th Transport Aviation RegimentVTAPTaganrogNA61st Air ArmyIl-76 15.10.09 renamed 798th Guards Kerch Red Banner Military-Transport Aviation Regiment. Awards from the 192nd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment. (Holm)
712th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-PVOKanskNone14th Air ArmyMiG-25PU, MiG-31
722nd Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPSmuravyevoNA6th Air ArmySu-24;
763rd Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPMiG-31Disbanded 1998.
750th Training Aviation Regiment UAPOrsk, Orenburg Oblast43 TsBPiPLS DA Long Range Aviationhttp://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/uap/750uap.htm Disbanded 1998.
764th Fighter Aviation RegimentIAPBolshoye SavinoNoneHQ VVSMiG-25PU, MiG-31
765th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVOIAP-PVOSalka, Sverdlovsk Oblast20th Air Defence Corps4th Air Defence ArmyDisbanded 1994?[24]
773rd Fighter Aviation Regiment IAPAndreapol16 GvIAD16th Air ArmyMiG-29Absorbed by 28 GvIAP, MAy 1994.[25]
790th Fighter Aviation Regiment IAP-PVOKhotilovo32 KPVOKSNMiG-31, MiG-25U
799th Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentRAPVarfolomeyevkaNA11th Air ArmySu-24MR, MiG-25RB(?);
840th Heavy Bomber Aviation RegimentTBAPSoltsy-222nd TBAD37th Air ArmyTu-22M3
849th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVOIAP-PVOKupino, Novosibirsk Oblast41st Air Defence Division14th Independent Air Defence ArmyMiG-23ML/MLDKupino 1962–98. Disbanded 1 August 1998.[26]
865th Red Banner Fighter Aviation RegimentIAP-PVOYelizovo6th Air Defence Division11th Air Defence ArmyMikoyan MiG-31Transferred to Pacific Fleet on 1 July 1998[27]
871st Fighter Aviation Regiment IAP-VVSSmolensk?16th Air Army?Su-27Pomerania Red Banner; Withdrawn from Kolobrezg, Poland, disbanded 1993-8
899th Assault Aviation Regiment ShAPButurlinovka105 SAD16th Air ArmySu-25
959th Bomber Aviation Regiment BAPYeyskNA4th Air ArmySu-24 and L-39C;
960th Assault Aviation Regiment ShAPPrimorsko-AkhtarskNA4th Air ArmySu-25
968th Sevastopol Research-Instructor Composite Aviation RegimentIIAPLipetsk4 TsBPiPLSHQ VVSMiG-29, Su-25, Su-27/M, Su-30, Su-24M/MP/34Altenburg, East Germany, 1989-Apr 92.[28]

Army aviation component

In December 2003 all aviation assets of the Russian Ground Forces were transferred to the Air Force.

RegimentTypeLocationFormationAircraftRemarks
/Titles
45th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPVorotynskKSNMi-24Renamed from 336 OVP to 45 OVP 2000 or 2001[29]
55th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPKorenovsk4th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24
112th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPChita14th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24
225th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPProtasovo near Ryazan? Mi-8/241998 225 OVP disbanded and replaced by 865 Heli Reserve Base (BRV)
319th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle ControlOVP BUChernigovka11th Air ArmyMi-24
325th Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter RegimentOTBVPYegorlykskaya4th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-26
332nd Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle ControlOVP BUPribylovo6th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24
337th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPTolmachevo (previously Berdsk) 14th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24/Mi-28
361st Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPDolinsk-Sokol11th Air ArmyMi-8
364th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPSrednebelaya11th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24/Mi-26
440th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle ControlOVP BUVyazmaKSNMi-8/Mi-24
487th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle ControlOVP BUBudyonnovsk4th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24
490th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle ControlOVP BUKlokovoKSNMi-8/Mi-24
793rd Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPKinel5th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-26
825th Independent Helicopter RegimentOVPGarovka11th Air ArmyMi-6/Mi-8/Mi-2635th Army[30]

Index of abbreviations

Although the titles of the regiments are translated, the regiment type sort uses the transliterated Russian abbreviation:

Other acronyms include:

The Russian word отдельный can be translated as either 'Independent,' 'Separate' or (rarely) 'Detached'; it designates a unit which is directly subordinate to a formation commander without an intermediate echelon, such as an Aviation Division.[32]

External links

Notes and References

  1. A significant number of omitted regiments can be seen at: Web site: Aviation Regiments . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  2. Web site: 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  3. Web site: 3rd Bomber Aviation Regiment. Ww2.dk. 22 May 2014.
  4. Piotr Butowski, Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation, Part 2, International Air Power Review, Vol. 13, Summer 2004, p.88
  5. Michael Holm, http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/31gviap.htm, accessed December 2012.
  6. http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/33iap.htm Michael Holm
  7. News: Baker . Graeme . Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber . BBC News . 21 August 2023 .
  8. Web site: 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  9. Web site: 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  10. Web site: 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  11. Web site: 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  12. With thanks to Mr. V.I. Feskov
  13. Butowski 2004, 82.
  14. Web site: 265th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2012-12-24.
  15. Web site: Форум поддержки АГВП "Стрижи" - 274-й апиб (иап) . Strizhi.ru . 2012-06-07.
  16. Web site: In the Kyiv region, a downed Russian Su-34 was identified. April 18, 2022. Ukrainian Military Center.
  17. Web site: Николаев Николай Викторович . Vaul.ru . 1963-04-14 . 2012-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307235345/http://vaul.ru/084/nikolaev_n.htm . 2012-03-07 .
  18. Web site: 431st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2012-12-24.
  19. Web site: 445th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2012-12-24.
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20040418212854/http://gv470iap.narod.ru/ accessed April 2009
  21. Web site: 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  22. Web site: 518th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2012-12-24.
  23. http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20forces/{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  24. Web site: 765th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Ww2.dk . 2022-09-18.
  25. Web site: 773rd Fighter Aviation Regiment . Ww2.dk . 2022-09-18.
  26. Web site: 849th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO . Michael Holm . 2012-12-24.
  27. Michael Holm, 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, accessed December 2012.
  28. Web site: 968th Sevastopolskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment. Holm. Michael. ww2.dk. 18 May 2016.
  29. Piotr Butowski, Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation, Part 2, International Air Power Review, Vol. 13, Summer 2004, p.89
  30. Web site: 825th independent Helicopter Regiment . Ww2.dk . 2012-06-07.
  31. See Viktor Suvorov, Inside the Soviet Army, Hamish Hamilton, for a theoretical description of a PVO Corps during the late Soviet period
  32. Web site: Chapter 3, 'Combat Organisation: The Division,' Inside the Soviet Army. Viktor. Suvarov. Hamish Hamilton, London. n.d.. Viktor Suvorov.

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